C-list

noun

An informal list of people in any of several categories, but especially in the entertainment industry, with lesser fame than the B-list, sometimes interpreted as an "easy-to-remember" but "hard-to-name" character actor.

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Meanings

nounC-list (plural C-lists)

plural C-lists

  1. An informal list of people in any of several categories, but especially in the entertainment industry, with lesser fame than the B-list, sometimes interpreted as an "easy-to-remember" but "hard-to-name" character actor.

    In Prada he had nudged me discreetly to point out a C-list celebrity contemplating an overpriced pair of slip-ons.

    2002, Andrea Semple, The Ex-Factor, →ISBN, page 4
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APA

C-list. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/C-list

MLA

“C-list.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/C-list. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “C-list,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/C-list.

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