as in celebrity
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about
even a cast of megastars couldn't keep the would-be blockbuster from fizzling at the box office
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Recent Examples of megastar
And the megastar's marketing team, Taylor Nation, posts about the show annually on social media.
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Bryan West, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
The pop megastar owns homes on both coasts, as well as in Nashville, where her career first began.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2025
The story follows Clementine Clark, who gets a gig as the backup singer to Irish megastar Thomas Patrick Halloran.
—Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 31 July 2025
The United States’ ‘Dream Team’, consisting of megastars such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Charles Barkley, famously won Olympic gold at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, helping popularise the sport and showcase its best players on a global stage.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 31 July 2025
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Bryan West, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
The pop megastar owns homes on both coasts, as well as in Nashville, where her career first began.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2025
The story follows Clementine Clark, who gets a gig as the backup singer to Irish megastar Thomas Patrick Halloran.
—Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 31 July 2025
The United States’ ‘Dream Team’, consisting of megastars such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Charles Barkley, famously won Olympic gold at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, helping popularise the sport and showcase its best players on a global stage.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for megastar
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Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
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Other designers—Valentino, Versace, Oscar de la Renta, to name a few—also successfully courted celebrities, but few had as much success as Armani.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Il Fagiano, the signature restaurant, offers an elevated culinary experience worthy of its Michelin star, making dining on-site an essential part of any stay at Grand Hotel Fasano.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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And unlike the pop stars of the early aughts, who were very in-your-face with their raunchy personas, Sabrina has taken the whole thing with a sense of humor.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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His work is recognized for rejecting straight lines in favor of rounded, continuous forms and for being approachable yet full of personality.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, the personalities of Chesley’s siblings — her surviving twin sister Chatham, and twin boys Chance and Cheston, who all turned three on July 28 — have flourished.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Later, in the third inning, major-league superstar Mike Trout — who returned after missing two games — drew a six-pitch walk.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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Lady Gaga and Tim Burton chose an island built using pre-Hispanic farming methods in Xochimilco, a tourist area in the south of Mexico City, as the setting to seal a new collaboration between the pop superstar and the famed film director.—
Natalia Cano,
Billboard,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Megastar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megastar. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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