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

3 senses of star

Sense 1
star -- (feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man")
       => have, feature -- (have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France")

Sense 2
star -- (be the star in a performance)
       => perform, execute, do -- (carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance")

Sense 3
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")

Antonyms of adj starring

1 sense of starring

Sense 1
leading (predicate), prima (predicate), star (predicate), starring (predicate), stellar (prenominal) -- (indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance")

INDIRECT (VIA major) -> minor -- (of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads")

Similarity of adj starring

1 sense of starring

Sense 1
leading (predicate), prima (predicate), star (predicate), starring (predicate), stellar (prenominal) -- (indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance")
       => major (vs. minor) -- (of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways")