superstar
/ˈsuː.pəˌstɑː/US/ˈsu.pɚˌstɑɹ/
superstar noun: someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.
Noun
superstar (plural superstars)
- Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.
- Near-synonym: all-star (sometimes synonymous)
- Synonyms:
- all-star
- An exceptionally productive employee.
- Near-synonym: all-star (sometimes synonymous)
- Want to hire a coding superstar? Call the agent.2014 November 17, Lizzie Widdicombe, “The Programmer's Price”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022
- Synonyms:
- all-star
- A giant star; (loosely) any giant star, bright giant, supergiant, or hypergiant.
- The greater an object's mass, the greater its gravitational force. If a star could attain a certain mass --- say a million to 100 million times the mass of our own sun --- then its gravity would become 100 times as powerful as the forces generated by the strongest known nuclear reactions. Such a...1964, Life: Volume 56, No. 4, →ISBN, page 11
- Toward the centre of the cluster, where they were more strongly congested, the whole region glowed as though as it were a monstrous superstar.1975, Harold W. G. Allen, The Edge of the Universe: What is Our Destiny? Is There Life After Death? What Incredible Secret Lies in the Depths of Space?, Allen Book Pub., page 36
superstar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Persian and Thai
superstar in Hindi
- very famous person
- सुपरस्टार suparsṭār, सुपरसितारा suparsitārā
superstar in Tamil
- மீ மீன்
superstar in Persian
- very famous person
- سوپراستار superestâr
superstar in Thai
- very famous person
- ซูเปอร์สตาร์ suu-bpə̂ə-sà-dtaa
More languagesFewer languages
- superstar in Vietnamese
- siêu sao
Examples of superstar in a sentence
- Is your organization looking for its next new hire, that superstar performer to take things to the next level?2017 May 19, Hui Liao, “Career Coach: How to handle the new hotshot on your team”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 28...
- "A superstar employee that is creating that toxic work environment is probably costing that company more than he or she is bringing in," Martin says.2017 October 15, Tara Golshan, “Study finds 75 percent of workplace harassment victims experienced retaliation when they spoke up”, in Vox...
- There's no sense in hiring a superstar developer who will quit after three months because she can't stand the management style or requires flexibility the hiring company doesn't offer.2022 June 27, Ariel Shapira, “As 'Tindery' hiring dies down, Unboxable's AI steers companies toward retention”, in The Jerusalem Post...
- Such a super superstar, in a normal course of its evolution, would contract.1964, Life: Volume 56, No. 4, →ISBN, page 11:
Synonyms of superstar
Forms of superstar
| plural | superstars |
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Origin of superstar
From super- + star.
Words formed from superstar
Questions about superstar
- What does superstar mean?
- Superstar means someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.
- What is superstar in Hindi?
- Superstar in Hindi is सुपरस्टार (suparsṭār), सुपरसितारा (suparsitārā). See Superstar meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use superstar in a sentence?
- Is your organization looking for its next new hire, that superstar performer to take things to the next level?
- What part of speech is superstar?
- Superstar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce superstar?
- Superstar is pronounced /ˈsuː.pəˌstɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of superstar?
- The plural of superstar is superstars.
Words near superstar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: superstar (page history and authors); superstar (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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