superstar en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsu.pɚˌstɑɹ/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈsuː.pəˌstɑː/ (UK)
- /ˈsʉː.pəˌstaː/ (Australia)
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.
Meanings
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Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.
Near-synonym: all-star (sometimes synonymous)
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(qualifier:corporate jargon) An exceptionally productive employee.
Near-synonym: all-star (sometimes synonymous)
"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.
2017 October 15, Tara Golshan, “Study finds 75 percent of workplace harassment victims experienced retaliation when they spoke up”, in Vox, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2023: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.
2017 May 19, Hui Liao, “Career Coach: How to handle the new hotshot on your team”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2020: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.
2022 June 27, Ariel Shapira, “As 'Tindery' hiring dies down, Unboxable's AI steers companies toward retention”, in The Jerusalem Post, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2023:Want to hire a coding superstar? Call the agent.
2014 November 17, Lizzie Widdicombe, “The Programmer's Price”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022:
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(rare) A giant star; (loosely) any giant star, bright giant, supergiant, or hypergiant.
Toward the centre of the cluster, where they were more strongly congested, the whole region glowed as though as it were a monstrous superstar.
1975, Harold W. G. Allen, The Edge of the Universe: What is Our Destiny? Is There Life After Death? What Incredible Secret Lies in the Depths of Space?, Allen Book Pub., page 36: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.
1964, Life: Volume 56, No. 4, →ISBN, page 11:Perhaps a supermassive cluster can coalesce to form a superstar -- a star with a mass of 1 million to 100 million solar masses.
1979, Michael Zeilik, Astronomy: The Evolving Universe, Harper and Row, →ISBN, page 379:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| superstars | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
celestial body · person · person · star · star · star · celestial object
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Synonyms
Translations (50)
et superstaar (very famous person) · ja スーパースター (very famous person) · vi siêu sao (very famous person) · pl wielka gwiazda (very famous person) · be суперзо́рка (very famous person) · sq superstar (very famous person) · th ซูเปอร์สตาร์ (very famous person) · he סוּפֶּרְסְטָאר (very famous person) · sl superzvezda (very famous person) · tr süperstar (very famous person) · hi सुपरस्टार (very famous person) · cy archseren (very famous person) · lt superžvaigždė (very famous person) · nl superstar (very famous person) · sh су̏перста̄р (very famous person) · sh суперзвијезда (very famous person) · sh superzvijezda (very famous person) · fi supertähti (very famous person) · cs superhvězda (very famous person) · ru суперзвезда́ (very famous person) · hi सुपरसितारा (very famous person) · ko 슈퍼스타 (very famous person) · sh sȕperstār (very famous person) · pl supergwiazda (very famous person) · sk superhviezda (very famous person) · es superstar (very famous person) · cmn 超級明星 /超级明星 (very famous person) · it superstar (very famous person) · bg суперзвезда́ (very famous person) · pt superstar (very famous person) · sl superstar (very famous person) · de Superstar (very famous person) · ro superstar (very famous person) · sq superyll (very famous person) · sk superstar (very famous person) · cmn 巨星 (very famous person) · hu szupersztár (very famous person) · fa سوپراستار (very famous person) · uk суперзі́рка (very famous person) · sv superstjärna (very famous person) · da superstjerne (very famous person) · mk суперѕвезда (very famous person) · nb superstjerne (very famous person) · sh superzvezda (very famous person) · cs superstar (very famous person) · pt superestrela (very famous person) · sh суперзвезда (very famous person) · es superestrella (very famous person) · nl superster (very famous person) · fr superstar (very famous person)