movie star
noun [C] mainly US (mainly UK film star)Definition
› a very popular and successful movie actor: Greta Garbo was one of the great movie stars of the 1930s. She dated several of the big movie stars of the time. Who's your favourite movie star?Famous peopleImportant people and describing important peopleActors and performers
(Definition of movie star noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- big name noun
- celebrity noun
- centre noun (MIDDLE)
- glitterati noun
- great noun
- household name noun
- icon noun (FAMOUS PERSON/THING)
- immortal noun
- legend noun (PERSON)
- luminary noun
- megastar noun
- name noun
- notable noun
- personage noun
- personality noun (FAMOUS PERSON)
- public figure noun
- rising star noun
- star noun (PERFORMER)
- superstar noun
- VIP noun
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