HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of STAR products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| ADJECTIVE | 1 | star, leading, prima, starring, stellar | Indicating the most important performer or role |
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| NOUN | 1 | star | (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior |
| 2 | star, ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz | Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | |
| 3 | star | Any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night | |
| 4 | star | A plane figure with 5 or more points | |
| 5 | star, principal, lead | An actor who plays a principal role | |
| 6 | star, headliner | A performer who receives prominent billing | |
| 7 | star, asterisk | A star-shaped character * used in printing | |
| 8 | star, star topology | The topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub | |
| VERB | 1 | star | Feature as the star |
| 2 | star | Be the star in a performance | |
| 3 | star, asterisk | Mark with an asterisk |
| Sounds | staa'r |
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| Rhymes | Adar, afar, ajar, and 72 more rhymes in aar... |
| Meaning | Indicating the most important performer or role. |
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| Examples | "a star figure skater"; "the starring role" |
| Synonyms | leading, prima, starring, stellar |
| Similar to | major |
| Meaning | (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior. |
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| Member of | galaxy, extragalactic nebula; constellation |
| Category | astronomy, uranology |
| Broader | celestial body, heavenly body |
| Narrower | binary star, binary, double star; fixed star; giant star, giant; lodestar, loadstar; multiple star; neutron star; nova; red dwarf, red dwarf star; red giant, red giant star; sun; sun; supergiant; supernova; variable star, variable; white dwarf, white dwarf star |
| Instances | Alpha Crucis; Beta Centauri; Beta Crucis; Deneb; Denebola; Pollux; Regulus; Spica; Sterope, Asterope |
| Adjectives | stellar, astral; interstellar; starry |
| Meaning | Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. |
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| Synonyms | ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz |
| Broader | expert |
| Narrower | track star |
| Verbs | star |
| Meaning | Any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night. |
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| Broader | celestial body, heavenly body |
| Narrower | starlet |
| Adjectives | starry |
| Meaning | A plane figure with 5 or more points. Often used as an emblem. |
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| Broader | plane figure, two-dimensional figure |
| Narrower | hexagram; asterism; pentacle, pentagram, pentangle |
| Meaning | An actor who plays a principal role. |
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| Synonyms | principal, lead |
| Broader | actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player |
| Narrower | co-star; film star, movie star; idol, matinee idol; television star, TV star |
| Verbs | star; star |
| Meaning | A performer who receives prominent billing. |
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| Synonyms | headliner |
| Broader | performer, performing artist |
| Nouns | stardom |
| Verbs | star; star |
| Meaning | A star-shaped character * used in printing. |
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| Synonyms | asterisk |
| Broader | character, grapheme, graphic symbol |
| Verbs | star |
| Meaning | The topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub. |
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| Synonyms | star topology |
| Broader | topology, network topology |
| Meaning | Feature as the star. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man" |
| Broader | have, feature |
| Narrower | co-star |
| Nouns | star; star |
| Meaning | Be the star in a performance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Category | dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre |
| Broader | perform, execute, do |
| Narrower | co-star |
| Nouns | star; star; star |
| Meaning | Mark with an asterisk. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "Linguists star unacceptable sentences" |
| Synonyms | asterisk |
| Broader | mark |
| Nouns | star |
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