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co-star

co-star is the alternative spelling of costar.

Meaning of costar

Noun

costar (plural costars)

  1. A person who shares star billing with another.
    • The once famous actor objected to his costar having a bigger dressing room.
  2. A person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star.
    • Alas, always a costar but never a star.

See all 4 meanings of costar

Forms of co-star

Noun
pluralco-stars
Verb
third-person singular presentco-stars
present participleco-starring
past participleco-starred
pastco-starred

Questions about co-star

What is co-star the alternative spelling of?
Co-star is the alternative spelling of costar.

Words near co-star in the dictionary

  1. co-sponsor
  2. co-sponsored
  3. co-sponsoring
  4. co-sponsors
  5. co-spy
  6. co-star
  7. co-starred
  8. co-starring
  9. co-stars
  10. co-stimulation
  11. co-stimulatory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: co-star (page history and authors); costar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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