superstar

CEFRA1

/ˈsuː.pəˌstɑː/

noun

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01
noun
A very famous and successful person.
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noun
Extra detail
A giant star; (loosely) any giant star, bright giant, supergiant, or hypergiant.

Examples

Dr. Sadiq was a superstar in the community.
Rajinikanth is a superstar in India.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 1

Also pronounced

/ˈsʉː.pəˌstaː/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

An exceptionally productive employee.
Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.

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In context

Tom is a superstar.
Near-synonym: all-star (sometimes synonymous)
Want to hire a coding superstar? Call the agent.

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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
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
"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
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
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

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Origin

noun

From super- + star.

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noun

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The blank— singer performed to a sold-out stadium of fifty thousand fans.

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noun

The blank singer performed to a sold-out stadium of fifty thousand fans.