| star | (adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: leading, prima, starring, stellar |
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| (noun) the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub | Synonyms: star topology |
| (noun) a star-shaped character * used in printing | Synonyms: asterisk |
| (noun) (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior | - |
| (noun) any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night | - |
| (noun) an actor who plays a principal role | Synonyms: lead, principal |
| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
| (noun) a performer who receives prominent billing | Synonyms: headliner |
| (noun) a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem | - |
| (verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: asterisk |
| (verb) be the star in a performance | - |
| (verb) feature as the star | - |
| starboard | (adjective) located on the right side of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| (noun) the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose | - |
| (verb) turn to the right, of helms or rudders | - |
| starch | (noun) a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles | Synonyms: amylum |
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| (noun) a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering | - |
| (verb) stiffen with starch | - |
| starches | (noun) foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) | - |
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| starchless | (adjective) lacking starch | - |
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| starchlike | (adjective) resembling starch | Synonyms: amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous |
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| starchy | (adjective) consisting of or containing starch | - |
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| (adjective) rigidly formal | Synonyms: buckram, stiff |
| stardom | (noun) the status of being acknowledged as a star | - |
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| stardust | (noun) a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality | - |
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| stare | (noun) a fixed look with eyes open wide | - |
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| (verb) fixate one's eyes | - |
| (verb) look at with fixed eyes | Synonyms: gaze |
| starer | (noun) a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility) | - |
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| starets | (noun) a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church | - |
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| starfish | (noun) echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk | Synonyms: sea star |
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| starflower | (noun) common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States | Synonyms: Ornithogalum umbellatum, sleepy dick, summer snowflake |
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| stargaze | (verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: daydream, dream, woolgather |
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| (verb) observe the stars | - |
| stargazer | (noun) heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head | - |
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| (noun) a physicist who studies astronomy | Synonyms: astronomer, uranologist |
| (noun) someone indifferent to the busy world | Synonyms: lotus-eater |
| stargazing | (noun) observation of the stars | - |
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| staring | (adjective) (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder | Synonyms: agaze |
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| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| stark | (adjective) complete or extreme | - |
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| (adjective) providing no shelter or sustenance | Synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, desolate |
| (adjective) severely simple | Synonyms: austere, severe, stern |
| (adjective) devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment | Synonyms: blunt, crude |
| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| (adverb) to the fullest degree | - |
| starkers | (adjective) (British informal) stark naked | - |
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| starkly | (adverb) in a blunt manner | - |
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| (adverb) in sharp outline or contrast | - |
| (adverb) in a stark manner | - |
| starkness | (noun) an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation | Synonyms: bareness |
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| (noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | Synonyms: absoluteness, utterness |
| starless | (adjective) not starry; having no stars or starlike objects | - |
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| starlessness | (noun) The state of being without visible stars. | - |
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| starlet | (noun) a small star | - |
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| (noun) a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star | - |
| starlight | (noun) the light of the stars | - |
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| starlike | (adjective) resembling a star | - |
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| starling | (noun) gregarious birds native to the Old World | - |
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| starlit | (adjective) lighted only by stars | - |
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| starred | (adjective) marked with an asterisk | Synonyms: asterisked |
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| starring | (adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: leading, prima, star, stellar |
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| starry | (adjective) abounding with or resembling stars | - |
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| starship | (noun) a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) | Synonyms: spaceship |
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| start | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: beginning, commencement |
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| (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: jump, startle |
| (noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: starting |
| (noun) the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race) | Synonyms: head start |
| (noun) a signal to begin (as in a race) | Synonyms: starting signal |
| (noun) the beginning of anything | - |
| (noun) a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game | Synonyms: scratch, scratch line, starting line |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, starting time |
| (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start out |
| (verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: begin, commence, lead off |
| (verb) play in the starting lineup | - |
| (verb) bring into being | Synonyms: initiate, originate |
| (verb) get off the ground | Synonyms: commence, embark on, start up |
| (verb) begin or set in motion | Synonyms: get going, go |
| (verb) get going or set in motion | Synonyms: start up |
| (verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start out, take off |
| (verb) bulge outward | Synonyms: bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude |
| (verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: jump, startle |
| (verb) begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job | Synonyms: take up |
| (verb) begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | Synonyms: begin |
| (verb) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | Synonyms: begin |
| (verb) have a beginning characterized in some specified way | Synonyms: begin |
| starter | (noun) a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough | - |
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| (noun) a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle | Synonyms: crank |
| (noun) an electric motor for starting an engine | Synonyms: starter motor, starting motor |
| (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetiser, appetizer |
| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer |
| (noun) the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition | Synonyms: dispatcher |
| (noun) a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning | - |
| starting | (adjective) appropriate to the beginning or start of an event | - |
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| (adjective) (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear | - |
| (noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: start |
| startle | (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: jump, start |
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| (verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanise, galvanize |
| (verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: jump, start |
| startled | (adjective) excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement | - |
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| startling | (adjective) so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm | - |
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| startlingly | (adverb) in a startling manner | - |
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| startup | (noun) the act of starting a new operation or practice | Synonyms: inauguration |
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| (noun) the act of setting in operation | - |
| starvation | (noun) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine | Synonyms: starving |
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| (noun) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period | Synonyms: famishment |
| starve | (verb) be hungry; go without food | Synonyms: famish, hunger |
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| (verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: crave, hunger, lust, thirst |
| (verb) die of food deprivation | Synonyms: famish |
| (verb) deprive of food | Synonyms: famish |
| (verb) deprive of a necessity and cause suffering | - |
| starved | (adjective) extremely hungry | Synonyms: esurient, famished, ravenous, sharp-set |
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| (adjective) suffering from lack of food | Synonyms: starving |
| starveling | (noun) someone who is starving (or being starved) | - |
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| starving | (adjective) suffering from lack of food | Synonyms: starved |
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| (noun) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine | Synonyms: starvation |
| starwort | (noun) low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side | Synonyms: greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea, stitchwort |
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