I.
noun
1 small point of light in the night sky
ADJECTIVE
▪ bright , brilliant
▪ faint
▪ distant
▪ nearby , nearer , nearest
▪ falling , shooting
▪ evening , morning
▪ massive
… OF STARS
▪ cluster
▪
a dense cluster of ~s at the galaxy's nucleus
▪ canopy
▪
They lay down under a canopy of ~s.
VERB + STAR
▪ look up at
STAR + VERB
▪ be out
▪ shine , twinkle
▪
A bright ~ shone in the east.
▪ appear , come out
STAR + NOUN
▪ cluster
PREPOSITION
▪ under the ~s
▪
We camped out under the ~s.
PHRASES
▪ the brightness of a ~ , the density of a ~ , the luminosity of a ~
2 famous person
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , big-name , major
▪
There were several big Hollywood ~s at the function.
▪ A-list , B-list , Z-list , etc.
▪ real , true , undisputed
▪ budding , emerging , rising , young
▪ veteran
▪
veteran ~s of stage and screen
▪ pop , rap , rock , etc.
▪ basketball , football , soccer , track ( AmE ), etc.
▪
Through high school he was a track ~.
▪ film ( esp. BrE ), Hollywood , media , movie ( esp. AmE ), screen , soap , TV
▪ guest
▪
The show has plenty of guest ~s appearing each week.
… OF STARS
▪ array , galaxy , host
▪
Channel 8 has lined up a galaxy of ~s for the coming season.
VERB + STAR
▪ make sb
▪
That was the movie that made him a ~.
STAR + NOUN
▪ quality , status
▪ power ( esp. AmE )
▪ role
▪ actor , athlete ( esp. AmE ), performer , player
▪ witness
▪ attraction , turn
▪
He was the ~ turn at the celebrations.
▪ system
▪
the Hollywood ~ system
▪ vehicle
▪
The movie was nothing more than a ~ vehicle for Tom Hanks.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of the show
II.
verb
Star is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ film , ↑ movie , ↑ show
Star is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ picture