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costar

  • /ˈkəʊstɑː(ɹ)/

noun costars

  1. A person who shares star billing with another. The once famous actor objected to his costar having a bigger dressing room.
  2. A person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star. Alas, always a costar but never a star.

verb costars · costarring · costarred

  1. intransitive To perform with the billing of a costar. People thought his career was over but now he will get to costar on Broadway next month.
  2. transitive To feature (a number of star performers) jointly. Purchasing a snowplow transforms Homer into a new man. Mr. Burns' laziest employee suddenly becomes an ambitious self-starter who buys ad time on local television at 3:17 A.M^([sic]) (prime viewing hours, Homer gingerly volunteers, for everyone from alcoholics to the unemployable to garden-variety a

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@misc{costar_2026,
  title = {costar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/costar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}