stellar
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
stellar
adj 1: 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" [syn: {leading(p)}, {prima(p)},
{star(p)}, {starring(p)}, {stellar(a)}]
2: being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars;
"an astral body"; "stellar light" [syn: {stellar}, {astral}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stellar \Stel"lar\, Stellary \Stel"la*ry\, a. [L. stellaris, fr.
stella a star. See {Star}.]
1. Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure;
stellary orbs.
[1913 Webster]
[These soft fires] in part shed down
Their stellar virtue. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
[1913 Webster] Stellate
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "stellar":
Cynthian, actor-proof, all-star, anagalactic, arch, asteroidal,
astral, astrologic, astrologistic, astrologous, astronomic,
astrophysical, ballet, balletic, banner, capital, cardinal,
celestial, central, champion, chief, cinematic, cinematographic,
circumplanetary, cislunar, cock, crowning, dominant, dramatic,
dramatical, dramaturgic, empyreal, empyrean, equinoctial,
extragalactic, film, filmic, first, focal, foremost, galactic,
gleaming, great, ham, hammy, headmost, heavenly, hegemonic,
heliacal, histrionic, intercosmic, interplanetary, intersidereal,
interstellar, leading, legitimate, luminous, lunar, lunary, lunate,
lunular, lunulate, lustrous, magisterial, main, major, master,
melodramatic, meteoric, meteoritic, milked, monodramatic, movie,
nebular, nebulose, nebulous, operatic, outstanding, overacted,
overplayed, overruling, paramount, planetal, planetarian,
planetary, planetesimal, predominant, preeminent, preponderant,
prevailing, primal, primary, prime, principal, ranking, ruling,
scenic, semilunar, shining, sidereal, solar, sovereign,
spectacular, sphery, stagelike, stageworthy, stagy, star,
star-spangled, star-studded, starlike, starring, starry,
starstruck, stellary, supereminent, terrestrial, theaterlike,
theatrical, thespian, thrown away, topflight, twinkling,
underacted, underplayed, uranic, vaudevillian, zodiacal
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