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star |
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A per se, Aldebaran, Canicula, Dog Star, Hershey bar, Hesper, Hesperus, Lucifer, North Star, Phosphor,
Phosphorus, Polaris, Sirius, VIP, Venus, Vesper, accent, accentuate, ace,
act, act as foil, amount to something, appear, arch, aviation badge, badge, banner, bar,
barnstorm, be a gas, be a hit, be featured, be prominent, be somebody, be something,
belabor, big name, big shot,
bill, blue ribbon, bomb, boss, brilliant, candle, capital, cardinal, carry weight, celeb, celebrated,
celebrity, celestial body, central,
champion, chevron, chicken, chief, cock, come first, come out, comer, comet, commander, constellation, cordon, cordon bleu, count, crackerjack, crowning, cut ice, cut some ice, cynosure, danseur noble, daystar, dean, decoration, decoration of honor, dignitary, distinguished, diva, dominant, dramatize, dwell on, eagle, electric light bulb, electronics king, eminent, emote, emotionalize,
emphasize, epaulet, evening star,
fail, famed, famous,
feature, feature attraction, figure,
fire, first-rater, first,
first tragedian, fixed stars, flame, flop, focal, folk hero,
foremost, fugleman, galaxy, garter, genius, get top billing,
give emphasis to, glim, gold star, good hand, grand cordon, great, great man, harp on, hash mark, head, headline, headliner,
headmost, heavenly body, heavy lead, hegemonic, hero, heroine, higher-up, highlight, honcho, idol, illuminant, illuminator, illustrious, immortal, import, important, important person, incandescent body, incomparable, inimitable, insignia of branch, italicize, jeune premier, king, lamp, lantern, laureate, lead,
leader, leading, leading lady, leading light, leading man, light, light bulb, light source, lion, living sapphires, lodestar, luminant, luminaries, luminary, magician, magisterial, mahatma, main, major, make a hit, man of genius, man of mark, master, master hand, master spirit, mastermind, match, matchless, matter, melodramatize, mime, moon, morning star, mount, name, nonpareil, notability, notable, nova, oak leaf, open, open a show, orb, order, organization insignia, ornament, outrank, outstanding, overaccentuate, overemphasize, overruling, overseas bar, overstress, pantomime, parachute badge, paragon, paramount, past master,
patch, patter, peerless, perform, person of note, personage, pip, place emphasis on, play, play first fiddle, play the lead, playact, pleiad, point up, polar star, polestar, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol, practiced hand, precede, predominant, preeminent, premiere, preponderant, present, prevailing, preview, prima ballerina, prima donna, primal, primary, prime, principal, prodigy, produce, prominent,
protagonist, public figure, punctuate, put on, rank, rank first, rank out, ranking, red ribbon,
register, riband, ribbon,
rub in, ruler, ruling, sage, scenarize, senior, service stripe, set the stage, shooting star, shoulder patch, shoulder sleeve insignia, signify, singer, sketch, skilled hand, social lion, somebody, source of light,
sovereign, sphere, spotlight, spread eagle, stage, stand out, starry host, stars, steal the show, stellar, stooge, stress, stripe, submarine badge, succeed, success, sun, supereminent, superior,
superman, supernova, superstar, take precedence, taper, tell, the greatest, the most, theatricalize, top, top dog, topflight,
topnotcher, torch, tread the boards, troupe, try out, underline, underscore, unmatched, unparalleled, upstage, victor, virtuoso, weigh, whiz, winner, wizard, wonder, worthy
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guiding star |
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North Star, Polaris, ambition, aspiration, basis, calling, cause, consideration, cynosure, goal, ground, guiding light, ideal, inspiration, intention, lodestar, mainspring, matter, motive, polar star, polestar, principle, reason, sake, score, source,
spring, ulterior motive, vocation
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North Star |
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Aldebaran, Canicula, Dog Star, Hesper, Hesperus, Lucifer, Phosphor, Phosphorus, Polaris, Sirius,
Venus, Vesper, celestial body,
comet, cynosure, daystar, evening star, fixed stars, guiding star, heavenly body, living sapphires, lodestar, morning star, orb, polar star,
polestar, sphere, starry host,
stars
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shooting star |
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aerolite, angry clouds, black cat, black clouds, bolide, broken mirror, chondrite, cosmic dust, fireball, gathering clouds, halcyon bird, meteor, meteor crater, meteor dust, meteor shower, meteor swarm, meteor trail, meteor train, meteoric shower, meteorite, meteoroid,
meteorolite, micrometeorite, micrometeoroid, owl, radiant, radiant point, rainbow, raven, siderite, siderolite,
storm clouds, stormy petrel, tektite, thundercloud, thunderhead
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star-crossed |
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badly off, depressed, dire, donsie, doomful, evil-starred,
fatal, fortuneless, funest, hapless, ill-starred, ill off,
in adverse circumstances, inauspicious, luckless, ominous, out of luck, planet-struck, sad, short of luck, unblessed, underprivileged, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, unprosperous, unprovidential
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star-spangled |
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Cynthian, ablaze, aglow,
alight, anagalactic, asteroidal, astral, astrologic, astrologistic, astrologous, astronomic, astrophysical, bathed with light, bespangled, brightened, candlelit,
celestial, circumplanetary, cislunar, empyreal, empyrean, enlightened, equinoctial, extragalactic, firelit, galactic,
gaslit, heavenly, heliacal,
illuminated, in a blaze, intercosmic, interplanetary, intersidereal, interstellar, irradiate, irradiated,
lamplit, lanternlit, lighted, lightened, lit, lit up, luminous, lunar, lunary, lunate, lunular, lunulate, meteoric, meteoritic, moonlit, nebular,
nebulose, nebulous, planetal, planetarian, planetary, planetesimal, semilunar, sidereal, solar, spangled, sphery, star-studded, starlit, starry, stellar, stellary, studded, sunlit, terrestrial, tinseled, uranic, zodiacal
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Main entries similar to: star
accent, accentuate, ace, act, appear, arch, badge, banner, bar, barnstorm, belabor, big name, bill, black hole, blue ribbon, bomb, boss, capital, cardinal, carry weight, celebrity,
central, champion, chevron, chicken, chief, come out, comer, commander, constellation, cordon, cordon bleu, count, crackerjack, crowning, cynosure, dean, decoration, dignitary, diva, dominant, dramatize, dwell on, eagle, emote, emotionalize, emphasize, epaulet, excellent, fail, feature, figure, first, flop,
focal, folk hero, foremost, fugleman, galaxy, genius, great, great
man, harp on, hash mark, head, headline, headliner, headmost, hero, heroine, higher-up, highlight, honcho, Hyades, idol,
immortal, import, important person, italicize, king, laureate, lead, leader,
leading, leading lady, leading light, lion, luminary, magician, magisterial, magnitude, mahatma, main, major, make a federal case, mark, master, mastermind, matter, mime, most,
mount, name, nonpareil, notability, notable, nova, oak leaf, open,
order, ornament, outrank, outstanding, overemphasize,
overruling, pantomime, paragon, paramount, past master, patch, patter, perform,
personage, personality, pip, play, pleiad, Pleiades, point up, population,
precede, predominant, preeminent, premiere, preponderant, present, prevailing, preview, prima ballerina, prima donna,
primal, primary, prime, principal, prodigy, produce, protagonist, pulsar, punctuate, put on, quasar, queen, rank,
ranking, reference mark, register, ribbon, rub in, ruler, ruling, sage,
senior, signify, singer, sketch, somebody, sovereign, spotlight, spread eagle, stage, stand out, steal the show, stellar, stooge, stress, stripe, succeed, success, sun,
supereminent, superior, supernova, superstar, tell, top dog, topflight, troupe, try out, underline, underscore, upstage, victor, virtuoso, weigh, whiz, wings, winner,
wizard, wonder, worthy
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