Thesaurus:star

Thesaurus

star

English

Noun

Sense: luminous celestial body, made up of plasma

Synonyms

• star

Hyponyms

• brown dwarf
• white dwarf
• red dwarf
• blue giant
• red giant
• blue supergiant
• red supergiant
• nova
• supernova
• neutron star
• pulsar
• magnetar

Instances

• Aldebaran
• Alpha Centauri
• Arcturus
• Betelgeuse
• Dog Star
• Proxima Centauri
• Sirius

Hypernyms

• celestial body    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• galaxy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• star system
• binary star
• double star
• triple star

See also

• Category:Stars

Further reading

• “star” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “star” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.