Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun asterisk

1 sense of asterisk

Sense 1
asterisk, star -- (a star-shaped character * used in printing)
       => character, grapheme, graphic symbol -- (a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb asterisk

1 sense of asterisk

Sense 1
star, asterisk -- (mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences")
       => mark -- (make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads")