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stellar

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • stĕl'ər
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɛl.ə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈstɛl.əɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛlə(ɹ)
  • homophone: steller
  • homophone: Steller
  • homophone: Stella
  • homophone: stella (non-rhotic)
  • CMU ARPABET: S T EH1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: astral, sidereal, starry, starly

Antonyms: nonstellar

2

adj

Meaning 2

Heavenly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Exceptional, exceptionally good.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • The actress gave a stellar performance.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wonderful, excellent, brilliant, exceptional, superb, outstanding

Antonyms: mediocre, poor, underwhelming, average

4

adjective

Meaning 4

being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an astral body
  • stellar light

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: astral

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stēllāris.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: yjor — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Arabic: نَجْمِيّ (najmiyy) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Belarusian: зо́рны (zórny) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Bulgarian: зве́зден (zvézden) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Catalan: estel·lar — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Czech: hvězdný — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Dutch: stellair — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Dutch: de sterren betreffend — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Estonian: tāhe- — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Evenki: о̄сиктачӣ (ōsiktaçī) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Evenki: о̄сӣктачӣ (ōsīktaçī) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Finnish: tähti- — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • French: stellaire — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • German: stellar — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • German: Stern- — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Greek: αστρικός (astrikós) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Hindi: तारकीय (tārkīya) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Hindi: तारक (tārak) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Ido: stelala — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Irish: réaltach — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Italian: stellare — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Kazakh: жұлдыздық (jūldyzdyq) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Kazakh: жұлдызды (jūldyzdy) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Central Kurdish: ئەستێرەیی (estêreyî) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Latin: stēllāris — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Lithuanian: žvaigždinis — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Macedonian: ѕвезден (dzvezden) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Manchu: ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠᠩᡤᠠ (usihangga) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Polish: gwiezdny — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Polish: gwiazdowy — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Polish: stelarny — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Portuguese: estelar — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Romanian: stelar — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Russian: звёздный (zvjózdnyj) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Russian: звездообра́зный (zvezdoobráznyj) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Sanskrit: तारकीय (tārakīya) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Sanskrit: तारिकिणी (tārikiṇī) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Serbo-Croatian: звѐздан — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Serbo-Croatian: звјѐздан — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Serbo-Croatian: zvèzdan — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Serbo-Croatian: zvjèzdan — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Slovak: hviezdny — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Slovene: zvezden — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Spanish: estelar — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Spanish: estrellar — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Swedish: stjärn- — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Swedish: stellär — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Ukrainian: зо́ряний (zórjanyj) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Uzbek: yulduzli — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Yakut: сулустаах (sulustaaq) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars
  • Bulgarian: небесен (nebesen) — heavenly
  • Dutch: hemels — heavenly
  • Finnish: taivaallinen — heavenly
  • Greek: ουράνιος (ouránios) — heavenly
  • Russian: небе́сный (nebésnyj) — heavenly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 优秀 (yōuxiù) — exceptional; wonderful
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出色 (chūsè) — exceptional; wonderful
  • Dutch: briljant — exceptional; wonderful
  • Dutch: uitstekend — exceptional; wonderful
  • Finnish: loistava — exceptional; wonderful
  • Finnish: erinomainen — exceptional; wonderful
  • French: exceptionnel — exceptional; wonderful
  • French: exemplaire — exceptional; wonderful
  • French: excellent — exceptional; wonderful
  • French: brillant — exceptional; wonderful
  • French: extraordinaire — exceptional; wonderful
  • German: brillant — exceptional; wonderful
  • German: ausgezeichnet — exceptional; wonderful
  • Greek: αξιοσημείωτος (axiosimeíotos) — exceptional; wonderful
  • Greek: διακεκριμένος (diakekriménos) — exceptional; wonderful
  • Hindi: असाधारण (asādhāraṇ) — exceptional; wonderful
  • Romanian: strălucitor — exceptional; wonderful
  • Russian: выдаю́щийся (vydajúščijsja) — exceptional; wonderful
  • Russian: чуде́сный (čudésnyj) — exceptional; wonderful
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