STARS Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

stars

noun

plural of star

as in galaxies

a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light it's difficult to see the stars at night in the middle of the city because of all the streetlights

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as in principals

the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show when the star of the school play came down with the flu on opening night, her understudy got to go on

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as in celebrities

a person who is widely known and usually much talked about the public's endless fascination with stars

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Recent Examples of stars How did Coco Gauff get the job done on a day of tussle for top stars? — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Off the runway, street style stars have started adapting the color trend to their own personal style. — Elise Fabre, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2026 Every so often, the British writer-director Mike Leigh makes a movie in which the stars — and the tartly casual dramatic scenes — line up, coalescing into a full-on vision of prickly humanity. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 While it wasn’t held in the city of stars, plenty of stars came out to celebrate the 10th anniversary of La La Land. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 5 Sep. 2026 Moranis participated in a panel discussion alongside co-stars Daphne Zuniga, Josh Gad, Keke Palmer and Lewis Pullman as well as director Josh Greenbaum and screenwriters Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 While the sport can be expensive to get into, with high costs for coaching, equipment, and club memberships, some of the sport’s top stars have come from families without enormous fortunes. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026 Love was unclear on the reasons for her volte-face, but speculated that Sky had failed to convince Bake Off stars like Paul Hollywood to make the switch. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026 The character was loosely based on NASCAR driver Tim Richmond, the wildly talented Ohio native who was one of the sport's biggest stars at the time. — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Once there, Roman will study some of the biggest mysteries in astronomy, from dark energy to the formation of galaxies.

— Thomas Fauchez, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
The poll also found 37 percent believe at least some UFOs have been alien spacecraft visiting Earth from other planets or galaxies while another 13 percent do not have an opinion.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of galaxies

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It will perhaps be watched most closely, however, by the principals at Hugo Boss.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Things could be better, which goes without saying in the aftermath of a flu pandemic that has wiped out most of the planet’s human population, but the four principals here could also be dead, so there’s that.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of principals

Noun

In addition to his glitzy looks for celebrities and public figures of all realms, Mackie also tried his hand at retail in the ‘80s, launching lines of lingerie, fine jewelry and fragrances.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
There was a bevy of, perhaps, bigger celebrities in attendance - Brunson was seated next to Ben Stiller, for instance.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of celebrities

Noun

Such streamers are thought to be how stars grow, delivering mass onto nascent suns.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The prevalence of LRDs in the early universe would align with the emergence of supermassive black holes, each weighing millions to billions of suns apiece, which astronomers spy at the hearts of large galaxies.

— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of suns

Noun

All four of the headliners will be making their debut in India as live performers as part of the gathering.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 3 Sep. 2026
More than 200 performances are on tap at AB&E for the holiday weekend — including main-stage headliners such as Third Eye Blind and Kool & the Gang — along with 50-plus restaurateurs and 125 arts and crafts vendors.

— Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of headliners

Noun

In dressage competitions, horses follow a short sequence of bouncing walks and trots, pirouettes and figures-of-eight.

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
And the number moved enough that the Census Bureau took the unusual step of declaring the old and new figures incomparable, creating a new time series from December 4, 2025, and filing the earlier data under historical.

— Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of figures

Noun

With the imminent departure of Messi and Ronaldo from the scene, there’s a battle to push forward the next global superstars to take those places.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Fanatics Fest is the company’s big bet on experiential entertainment, letting fans see superstars like James, Brady, Bieber, Jalen Brunson and John Cena up close and personal.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026