thespian vs star
star vs thespianthespian and star both are nouns.
thespian and star both are adjectives.
thespian is not a verb while star is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| thespian | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| star | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As nouns,
star is a hyponym of
thespian; that is, star is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
thespian:
- thespian: a theatrical performer
- star: an actor who plays a principal role
Other hyponyms of thespian include
actress, barnstormer, play-actor, playactor, trouper, character actor, comedian, ham, ham actor, heavy, ingenue, leading man, mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist, plant, reenactor, scene-stealer, movie actor, screen actor, lead, principal, extra, spear carrier, supernumerary, tragedian, standby, understudy, upstager, walk-on.
| thespian (noun) | star (noun) |
|---|---|
| a theatrical performer | the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub |
| a star-shaped character * used in printing | |
| (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior | |
| any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night | |
| an actor who plays a principal role | |
| someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | |
| a performer who receives prominent billing | |
| a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem |
| thespian (adjective) | star (adjective) |
|---|---|
| of or relating to drama | indicating the most important performer or role |
| thespian (verb) | star (verb) |
|---|---|
| mark with an asterisk | |
| be the star in a performance | |
| feature as the star |
Words related to "thespian"
- Al Jolson
- Alec Guinness
- Alfred Lunt
- Allen
- Allen Stewart Konigsberg
- Anthony Hopkins
- Arthur John Gielgud
- Asa Yoelson
- Astaire
- Baron Olivier of Brighton
- Barrymore
- Bela Ferenc Blasko
- Bela Lugosi
- Bing Crosby
- Bogart
- Booth
- Boris Karloff
- Bruce Lee
- Burbage
- Burton
- Buster Keaton
- Cagney
- Cary Grant
- Charles Laughton
- Charles Robert Redford
- Chevalier
- Clark Gable
- Cooper
- Coward
- Cronyn
- Crosby
- David Garrick
- De Niro
- Dean
- Depardieu
- Douglas Elton Fairbanks
- Douglas Fairbanks
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
- Drew
- Dudley Moore
- Dudley Stuart John Moore
- Duke Wayne
- Dustin Hoffman
- E. G. Marshall
- Edmund Kean
- Edward G. Robinson
- Edward Goldenberg Robinson
- Erich von Stroheim
- Eugene Curran Kelly
- Fairbanks
- Fonda
- Francis Albert Sinatra
- Frank Cooper
- Frank Sinatra
- Fred Astaire
- Gable
- Garrick
- Gary Cooper
- Gene Kelly
- George C. Scott
- George Orson Welles
- Gerard Depardieu
- Gibson
- Gielgud
- Grant
- Granville-Barker
- Guinness
- Hanks
- Harley Granville-Barker
- Harold Clayton Lloyd
- Harold Lloyd
- Harrison
- Harry Lillis Crosby
- Heming
- Hemminge
- Henry Fonda
- Herbert Blythe
- Hoffman
- Hopkins
- Howard
- Hume Blake Cronyn
- Hume Cronyn
- Humphrey Bogart
- Humphrey DeForest Bogart
- Israel Strassberg
- Jack Lemmon
- James Byron Dean
- James Cagney
- James Dean
- James Maitland Stewart
- James Mason
- James Neville Mason
- James Stewart
- Jimmy Cagney
- Jimmy Stewart
- John Barrymore
- John Drew
- John Heming
- John Heminges
- John Hemminge
- John Uhler
- John Wayne
- John Wilkes Booth
- Jolson
- Joseph Francis Keaton
- Julius Ullman
- Karloff
- Kean
- Keaton
- Kelly
- Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev
- Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky
- Konstantin Stanislavsky
- Laszlo Lowestein
- Laughton
- Laurence Olivier
- Lee
- Lee Strasberg
- Lee Yuen Kam
- Lemmon
- Leslie Howard
- Leslie Howard Stainer
- Lionel Barrymore
- Lloyd
- Lorre
- Lugosi
- Lunt
- Marshall
- Martin
- Mason
- Maurice Barrymore
- Maurice Chevalier
- Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
- Mel Gibson
- Mitchum
- Moore
- Newman
- Noel Coward
- O'Toole
- Olivier
- Orson Welles
- Otis Skinner
- Paul Leonard Newman
- Paul Newman
- Peter Alexander Ustinov
- Peter Lorre
- Peter O'Toole
- Peter Seamus O'Toole
- Peter Sellers
- Poitier
- Ralph Richardson
- Redford
- Reginald Carey Harrison
- Rex Harrison
- Richard Burbage
- Richard Burton
- Richardson
- Robert De Niro
- Robert Mitchum
- Robert Redford
- Robinson
- Scott
- Sellers
- Sidney Poitier
- Sinatra
- Sir Alec Guinness
- Sir Anthony Hopkins
- Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins
- Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
- Sir John Gielgud
- Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier
- Sir Noel Pierce Coward
- Sir Peter Ustinov
- Sir Ralph David Richardson
- Sir Rex Harrison
- Skinner
- Spencer Tracy
- Stanislavsky
- Steve Martin
- Stewart
- Strasberg
- Stroheim
- Thomas J. Hanks
- Tom Hanks
- Tracy
- Tree
- Ustinov
- Wayne
- Welles
- William Clark Gable
- William Henry Pratt
- Woody Allen
- actor
- actress
- barnstormer
- character actor
- comedian
- drama
- extra
- ham
- ham actor
- heavy
- histrion
- ingenue
- lead
- leading man
- mime
- mimer
- movie actor
- mummer
- pantomimer
- pantomimist
- performer
- performing artist
- plant
- play-actor
- playactor
- player
- principal
- reenactor
- role player
- scene-stealer
- screen actor
- spear carrier
- standby
- star
- supernumerary
- tragedian
- trouper
- understudy
- upstager
- walk-on
Words related to "star"
- Alpha Crucis
- Asterope
- Beta Centauri
- Beta Crucis
- Deneb
- Denebola
- Pollux
- Regulus
- Spica
- Sterope
- Sun
- TV star
- ace
- actor
- adept
- asterisk
- asterism
- astronomy
- binary
- binary star
- celestial body
- champion
- character
- co-star
- constellation
- do
- double star
- dramatic art
- dramatics
- dramaturgy
- execute
- expert
- extragalactic nebula
- feature
- film star
- fixed star
- galaxy
- genius
- giant
- giant star
- graph
- grapheme
- graphic symbol
- have
- headliner
- heavenly body
- hexagram
- histrion
- hotshot
- idol
- lead
- leading
- loadstar
- lodestar
- major
- mark
- matinee idol
- maven
- mavin
- movie star
- multiple star
- network topology
- neutron star
- nova
- pentacle
- pentagram
- pentangle
- perform
- performer
- performing artist
- plane figure
- player
- prima
- principal
- red dwarf
- red dwarf star
- red giant
- red giant star
- role player
- sensation
- star topology
- stardom
- starlet
- starring
- starry
- stellar
- sun
- supergiant
- supernova
- superstar
- television star
- theater
- theatre
- thespian
- topology
- track star
- two-dimensional figure
- uranology
- variable
- variable star
- virtuoso
- white dwarf
- white dwarf star
- whiz
- whizz
- wiz
- wizard
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