Stellar

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stellar \Stel"lar\, Stellary \Stel"la*ry\, a. [L. stellaris, fr.
     stella a star. See {Star}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure;
        stellary orbs.
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              [These soft fires] in part shed down
              Their stellar virtue.                 --Milton.
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     2. Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
        [1913 Webster] Stellate

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stellar
       adj 1: indicating the most important performer or role; "the
              leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a
              star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar
              role"; "a stellar performance" [syn: {leading(p)}, {prima(p)},
               {star(p)}, {starring(p)}, {stellar(a)}]
       2: being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars;
          "an astral body"; "stellar light" [syn: {astral}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  128 Moby Thesaurus words for "stellar":
     Cynthian, actor-proof, all-star, anagalactic, arch, asteroidal,
     astral, astrologic, astrologistic, astrologous, astronomic,
     astrophysical, ballet, balletic, banner, capital, cardinal,
     celestial, central, champion, chief, cinematic, cinematographic,
     circumplanetary, cislunar, cock, crowning, dominant, dramatic,
     dramatical, dramaturgic, empyreal, empyrean, equinoctial,
     extragalactic, film, filmic, first, focal, foremost, galactic,
     gleaming, great, ham, hammy, headmost, heavenly, hegemonic,
     heliacal, histrionic, intercosmic, interplanetary, intersidereal,
     interstellar, leading, legitimate, luminous, lunar, lunary, lunate,
     lunular, lunulate, lustrous, magisterial, main, major, master,
     melodramatic, meteoric, meteoritic, milked, monodramatic, movie,
     nebular, nebulose, nebulous, operatic, outstanding, overacted,
     overplayed, overruling, paramount, planetal, planetarian,
     planetary, planetesimal, predominant, preeminent, preponderant,
     prevailing, primal, primary, prime, principal, ranking, ruling,
     scenic, semilunar, shining, sidereal, solar, sovereign,
     spectacular, sphery, stagelike, stageworthy, stagy, star,
     star-spangled, star-studded, starlike, starring, starry,
     starstruck, stellary, supereminent, terrestrial, theaterlike,
     theatrical, thespian, thrown away, topflight, twinkling,
     underacted, underplayed, uranic, vaudevillian, zodiacal