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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