superstars

Noun

superstar (plural superstars)

1. Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.
   • Near-synonym: all-star (sometimes synonymous)

   Synonyms:

   all-star

2. (corporate jargon) An exceptionally productive employee.
   • Near-synonym: all-star (sometimes synonymous)

   Synonyms:

   all-star

3. (rare) 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