superstar

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌsuːpɜrˈstɑr/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A person who is extremely famous and successful, especially in entertainment, sports, or another public field; a celebrity of the highest order.; An exceptionally talented or outstanding person in any field, not necessarily famous; someone who performs at an elite level.; In astronomy, an extremely luminous star, such as a supergiant.
  2. adjective
    Relating to or characteristic of a superstar; of the highest caliber or fame.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: superstars

Collocations

become a superstarinternational superstarglobal superstarsuperstar statusrise to superstardom

Derivatives

superstardom

Synonyms

celebritymegastariconluminarystar

Antonyms

nobodyunknown

Commonly confused

star
EN: 'Star' is a general term for a famous performer, while 'superstar' implies an exceptionally high level of fame and success beyond ordinary stardom.

Spelling tips

EN: No common spelling issues; it is a straightforward compound of 'super' + 'star'.

💬 Examples

  1. She became a superstar after her debut album sold over ten million copies worldwide.

  2. The company hired a superstar engineer who had previously led three successful startups.

  3. Betelgeuse is a red superstar that could go supernova within the next million years.

  4. The team assembled a superstar lineup that dominated the league for five consecutive seasons.