star

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noun

1 small point of light in the night sky

ADJECTIVE

▪ bright, brilliant

▪ faint

▪ distant

▪ nearby, nearer, nearest

▪ falling, shooting

▪ evening, morning

▪ massive

… OF STARS

▪ cluster

▪

a dense cluster of stars at the galaxy's nucleus

▪ canopy

▪

They lay down under a canopy of stars.

VERB + STAR

▪ look up at

STAR + VERB

▪ be out

▪ shine, twinkle

▪

A bright star shone in the east.

▪ appear, come out

STAR + NOUN

▪ cluster

PREPOSITION

▪ under the stars

▪

We camped out under the stars.

PHRASES

▪ the brightness of a star, the density of a star, the luminosity of a star

2 famous person

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, big-name, major

▪

There were several big Hollywood stars at the function.

▪ A-list, B-list, Z-list, etc.

▪ real, true, undisputed

▪ budding, emerging, rising, young

▪ veteran

▪

veteran stars of stage and screen

▪ pop, rap, rock, etc.

▪ basketball, football, soccer, track (AmE), etc.

▪

Through high school he was a track star.

▪ film (esp. BrE), Hollywood, media, movie (esp. AmE), screen, soap, TV

▪ guest

▪

The show has plenty of guest stars appearing each week.

… OF STARS

▪ array, galaxy, host

▪

Channel 8 has lined up a galaxy of stars for the coming season.

VERB + STAR

▪ make sb

▪

That was the movie that made him a star.

STAR + NOUN

▪ quality, status

▪ power (esp. AmE)

▪ role

▪ actor, athlete (esp. AmE), performer, player

▪ witness

▪ attraction, turn

▪

He was the star turn at the celebrations.

▪ system

▪

the Hollywood star system

▪ vehicle

▪

The movie was nothing more than a star vehicle for Tom Hanks.

PREPOSITION

▪ star of

▪

the star of the show

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verb

Star is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑film, ↑movie, ↑show

Star is used with these nouns as the object: ↑picture