MEGASTARDOM Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

megastardom

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as in stardom

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Throughout the 2000s, Kardashian worked as a closet organizer for several celebrities—including Paris Hilton, Cindy Crawford, and more — prior to her reality TV stardom with Keeping Up with the Kardashians in 2007, per Business Insider.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Sheik’s career was marked by a persistent tension between mainstream recognition and his own resistance to the machinery of pop stardom.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of stardom

Noun

Because of the show’s international popularity, the players walked into the castle knowing exactly where to go and what to investigate.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Berlin — German leader Friedrich Merz's position is under threat as the far-right surges in popularity and support for his own center-right party tanks.

— Anna Noryskiewicz, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of popularity

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Johnson, who a near decade ago was a bubbly ingenue on the brink of superstardom, has since developed a reputation for a certain cool-girl deadpan opacity, a kind of mischievous remove during press appearances.

— Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026
The comic traces Cash’s rise to fame in the country music scene and his upward momentum to superstardom.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of superstardom

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Even if the relationship isn’t fake, something about Bronwyn’s newfound fame (or, rather, adjacency to fame by way of Lisa Barlow) may have altered her brain chemistry into thinking this is a normal way to navigate and present a new relationship.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
The Gordon Parks Foundation notes its efforts to reconnect with and reclaim the voices whose legacies played an important role in Parks’ career, well beyond his fame.

— Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of fame

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