US /ˈstɛlɚ/ UK /ˈstɛlə/
adj Freq #17272

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Exceptional, exceptionally good.

    The actress gave a stellar performance.

  2. 2
    adj

    being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars

  3. 3
    adj

    indicating the most important performer or role

  4. 4
    adj

    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · exceptional, exceptionally... wonderful
2 adj · being or relating to or... astral
3 adj · indicating the most... leading
4 adj · of, pertaining to, or... astralstarly
Opposites
astellarnonstellar
Word family
Derived forms bistellarcircumstellarepistellarinterstellarpanstellarprestellarprotostellarquasarquasi-stellarquasistellarstellaratorstellarcentric

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stēllāris.

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