Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
A member of a rock band, or a solo artist in the genre, especially one with celebrity status.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- By 1967, Jimi Hendrix had become a rockstar.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rocker, musician, person
A person who is renowned or revered in his or her field of accomplishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, figuratively, sometimes
Examples
- Near-synonyms: superstar, all-star, star
- By 1985, Michael Jordan had become a rockstar of the NBA.
- 2008: Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World, Chapter VII Eventually Clinton relented and went to India in March 2000. He spent five days in the country, visited famous sights, put on traditional clothes, and took part in dances and ceremonies. He communicated the message that he enjoyed and admired India as a country and civilization. The result was a transformation. Clinton is a rock star in India.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: superstar, all-star, star
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person
Someone who works hard, achieves wins, or both; used in expressions of gratitude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- Near-synonyms: superstar, all-star, star
- Congratulations to Ashley, who once again proved that she is a rockstar by rescuing a key account from the threat of nonrenewal.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: superstar, all-star, star
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person
Any animal, plant, or other thing that is renowned amongst others of its type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, figuratively, sometimes
Examples
- Near-synonyms: superstar, all-star, star
- Many birds can sing beautifully, and various birds can mimic sounds that they hear, but lyrebirds are rockstars of mimickry in the bird world.
- Owls are rockstars among raptors in the respect that they hunt amazingly well while also doing it under pitch-dark conditions and silently.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: superstar, all-star, star
Antonyms: none provided
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Azerbaijani:
rok-ulduz
— member of a rock band
-
Dutch:
rockster
— member of a rock band
-
Finnish:
rocktähti
— member of a rock band
-
Finnish:
rockstara
— member of a rock band
-
Finnish:
rokkitähti
— member of a rock band
-
French:
rockstar
— member of a rock band
-
German:
Rockstar
— member of a rock band
-
Greek:
αστέρι της ροκ
(astéri tis rok)
— member of a rock band
-
Hindi:
रॉकस्टार
(rŏkasṭār)
— member of a rock band
-
Hindi:
रॉक्स्टार
(rŏksṭār)
— member of a rock band
-
Italian:
rockstar
— member of a rock band
-
Japanese:
ロックスター
(rokku sutā)
— member of a rock band
-
Korean:
락스타
(rakseuta)
— member of a rock band
-
Marathi:
रॉक्स्टार
(rŏksṭār)
— member of a rock band
-
Polish:
gwiazda rocka
— member of a rock band
-
Portuguese:
roqueiro
— member of a rock band
-
Portuguese:
estrela do rock
— member of a rock band
-
Russian:
рок-ста́р
(rok-stár)
— member of a rock band
-
Russian:
рок-звезда́
(rok-zvezdá)
— member of a rock band
-
Finnish:
rocktähti
— renowned person
-
Finnish:
stara
— renowned person
