stellar

Borrowed from Latin stēllāris.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlə/
• (General American) enPR: stĕl'ər, IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: stel‧lar

stellar (comparative more stellar, superlative most stellar)

1. (astronomy, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

   Synonyms: astral, starly

2. Heavenly.
3. (by extension) Exceptional.

   Synonym: wonderful

   The actress gave a stellar performance.

   • 1931, Music and Dance, volume 21, Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Musical News Pub. Co., OCLC 222905679, page 27, column 2:

     Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees.

   • 1970, Hardware Age, volume 205, New York, N.Y.: David Williams Co., OCLC 29041344, page 8, column 1:

     Yet the economic seers are at it again, seemingly unabashed by their somewhat less than stellar performances in 1969.

   • 2012, Linda A. Jenkins, “What is Social Lending?”, in Creative Financing: How to Get a Small Business Loan without a Banker, Gold Alliance Group, →ISBN, page 1:

     Where a bank may automatically reject any borrower based on a bad credit score, this is not true for all social lending networks. You can still have a less than stellar score and obtain funding as long as you can convince a peer tha your project is worthy or your business model is strong.

• stellar nursery

• Staller, staller

• IPA^(key): /stɛˈlaːɐ̯/
• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

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stellar (not comparable)

1. stellar (relating to the stars)

• interstellar

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