superstar
/ˈsu.pɚˌstɑɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.
noun
noun
A giant star; (loosely) any giant star, bright giant, supergiant, or hypergiant.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: all-star (sometimes synonymous)"
- "Want to hire a coding superstar? Call the agent."
- "Is your organization looking for its next new hire, that superstar performer to take things to the next level? Be careful: Organizations are greater than just one individual. If you're that superstar, remember to be a good team player. You'll feel better about your job and you'll perform at an even higher level."
- ""A superstar employee that is creating that toxic work environment is probably costing that company more than he or she is bringing in," Martin says."
- "There's no sense in hiring a superstar developer who will quit after three months because she can't stand the management style or requires flexibility the hiring company doesn't offer."
- "The greater an object's mass, the greater its gravitational force. If a star could attain a certain mass --- say a million to 100 million times the mass of our own sun --- then its gravity would become 100 times as powerful as the forces generated by the strongest known nuclear reactions. Such a super superstar, in a normal course of its evolution, would contract."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star English superstar From super- + star.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsu.pɚˌstɑɹ/
- British English: /ˈsuː.pəˌstɑː/