COSTARS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

costars 1 of 2

noun

variants or co-stars

plural of costar

as in actresses

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nonactors

costars

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verb

present tense third-person singular of costar

as in hams

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Recent Examples of costars

Verb

The actress called out her Goodbye June costars Helen Mirren, Toni Collette and Andrea Riseborough, as well her Avatar costar Sigourney Weaver who have also rejected Hollywood's plastic surgery pressures. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025 Ruffalo got to reunite with his former Marvel costars Downey and Paltrow, as well as his Dark Waters costar Victor Garber. — Raven Brunner, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for costars

Noun

The actresses are reprising their roles as the two witch sisters nearly 30 years after the 1998 original.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Natalie Wood had already turned down the part, and the studio had looked at hundreds of other actresses before MacGraw came aboard.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of actresses

Verb

The track apes the softly anthemic approach of U2, Coldplay, and the National—until all of that elegant uplift topples like an overly ambitious wedding cake.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
But if getting Andy back in the Runway fold feels a lot like getting her into it in the first film, that feeling will only persist, as the sequel apes the original feature nearly beat for beat, with some small swaps here and there.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of apes

Noun

Love was unclear on the reasons for her volte-face, but speculated that Sky had failed to convince Bake Off stars like Paul Hollywood to make the switch.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
The character was loosely based on NASCAR driver Tim Richmond, the wildly talented Ohio native who was one of the sport's biggest stars at the time.

— Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of stars

Verb

Robot depth vision The new stereo vision algorithm allows humanoid robots to calculate depth using a camera arrangement that more closely mimics human vision.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Fresno chiles are perky with heat, while fresh cilantro mimics the bright herbaceousness of a fresh salsa.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026