stellar en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- stĕl'ər
- /ˈstɛl.əɹ/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈstɛl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗrder. Proto-Italic *stērlā Latin stēlla Latin stēllārisbor. English stellar Borrowed from Latin stēllāris.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.
- Heavenly.
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(broadly) Exceptional, exceptionally good.
Where a bank may automatically reject any borrower based on a bad credit score, this is not true for all social lending networks. You can still have a less than stellar score and obtain funding as long as you can convince a peer tha your project is worthy or your business model is strong.
2012, Linda A. Jenkins, “What is Social Lending?”, in Creative Financing: How to Get a Small Business Loan without a Banker, Gold Alliance Group, →ISBN, page 1:The actress gave a stellar performance.
Yet the economic seers are at it again, seemingly unabashed by their somewhat less than stellar performances in 1969.
1970, Hardware Age, volume 205, New York, N.Y.: David Williams Co., →OCLC, page 8, column 1:Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees.
1931, Music and Dance, volume 21, Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Musical News Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 27, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most stellar | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more stellar | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
nonstellar · mediocre · underwhelming · poor · average
Coordinates
Deriveds
interstellar space · stellar disk · circumstellar · stellar engine · stellarcentric · ultrastellar · interstellar planet · substellar · protostellar · quasi-stellar object · less than stellar · stellar black hole · stellarite · quasistellar · stellar population · stellar mass black hole · interstellar comet · stellarity · prestellar · superstellar · quasi-stellar · stellar nursery · bistellar · quasar · quasi-stellar radiosource · stellar system · stellar nova · stellar wind · stellarly · epistellar · interstellar medium · quasi-stellar radio source · quasi-stellar radio-source · interstellar · stellar month · stellar day · Stellarton · panstellar · stellarator · transstellar
Relateds
Synonyms
superb · exceptional · wonderful · brilliant · starry · outstanding · excellent · astral · sidereal · starly
Translations (74)
pt estelar (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · ru небе́сный (heavenly) · fr brillant (exceptional; wonderful) · et tāhe- (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · pl gwiazdowy (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · be зо́рны (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · lt žvaigždinis (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · sq yjor (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · ca estel·lar (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · ckb ئەستێرەیی (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · cmn 出色 (exceptional; wonderful) · ru выдаю́щийся (exceptional; wonderful) · nl de sterren betreffend (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · sa तारिकिणी (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · ru звездообра́зный (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · sh звјѐздан (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · de stellar (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · ro strălucitor (exceptional; wonderful) · fi tähti- (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · la stēllāris (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · ar نَجْمِيّ (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · hi तारक (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · mnc ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠᠩᡤᠠ (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · pl gwiezdny (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · cmn 优秀 (exceptional; wonderful) · bg небесен (heavenly) · hi तारकीय (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · bg зве́зден (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · de brillant (exceptional; wonderful) · nl stellair (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · nl uitstekend (exceptional; wonderful) · mk ѕвезден (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · fr excellent (exceptional; wonderful) · sah сулустаах (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · sk hviezdny (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · evn о̄сиктачӣ (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · hi असाधारण (exceptional; wonderful) · fr stellaire (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · evn о̄сӣктачӣ (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · el διακεκριμένος (exceptional; wonderful) · uz yulduzli (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · ga réaltach (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · fi taivaallinen (heavenly) · fi erinomainen (exceptional; wonderful) · fr exemplaire (exceptional; wonderful) · ru звёздный (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · sh звѐздан (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · sl zvezden (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · it stellare (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · es estelar (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · sv stjärn- (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · es estrellar (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · kk жұлдызды (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · fr exceptionnel (exceptional; wonderful) · kk жұлдыздық (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · de Stern- (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · nl hemels (heavenly) · uk зо́ряний (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · sh zvèzdan (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · cs hvězdný (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · de ausgezeichnet (exceptional; wonderful) · ro stelar (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · ru чуде́сный (exceptional; wonderful) · sa तारकीय (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · sv stellär (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · fi loistava (exceptional; wonderful) · el αξιοσημείωτος (exceptional; wonderful) · el αστρικός (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · nl briljant (exceptional; wonderful) · io stelala (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · sh zvjèzdan (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · el ουράνιος (heavenly) · pl stelarny (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) · fr extraordinaire (exceptional; wonderful)