stellar
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
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like a star, as in brilliance, shape, etc.
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pertaining to a preeminent performer, athlete, etc.
adjective
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of, relating to, involving, or resembling a star or stars
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of or relating to star entertainers
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informal outstanding or immense
companies are registering stellar profits
Other Word Forms
- nonstellar adjective
- transstellar adjective
Etymology
Origin of stellar
First recorded in 1650–60; from Late Latin stellāris, from stell(a) “star” ( star ) + -āris -ar 1
Example Sentences
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The National Football League owners held their annual meeting in Phoenix this week, and they are masters of all they survey: stellar TV ratings, record revenue and team valuations, and possible international and flag-football expansion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The stellar performance is a reversal for the dollar, which had been down 0.7% for the year before the start of the Iran war.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
A look under the hood of what’s driving those worries helps tell the story—and suggests that the Booker and Van Hollen plans are neither great policy nor stellar politics.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Future work will examine how varying rotation patterns influence mixing efficiency and whether similar processes occur in other stages of stellar evolution.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
Supernovae violently eject much of their stellar mass into space.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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