quasar

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UK/ˈkweɪ.zɑː/US/ˈkweɪ.zɑɹ/

noun

An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.

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QQSOquasi-stellar objectquasistellar objectQSRquasi-stellar radio sourcequasistellar radio-sourcequasi-stellar radio-source
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Meanings

nounquasar (plural quasars)

plural quasars

  1. astronomyAn extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.

    Synonyms: Q, QSO, quasi-stellar object, quasistellar object, QSR, quasi-stellar radio source, quasistellar radio-source, quasi-stellar radio-source

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.

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QQSOquasi-stellar objectquasistellar objectQSRquasi-stellar radio sourcequasistellar radio-sourcequasi-stellar radio-sourcequasistellar radio sourceblue stellar objectBSOQSSquasi-stellar sourcequasistellar source

More synonyms by meaning

nouna starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts

Similar
quasi-stellar radio source
Broader
celestial bodyheavenly body

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Blend of quasi- + stellar, from quasi-stellar radio source. Coined by American astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu in 1964 in an article in Physics Today. By surface analysis, quasi- + -ar.

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Translations

Arabic نَجْم زَائِف, شَبِيه اَلنَّجْم
  • نَجْم زَائِف (najm zāʔif)An extragalactic object
  • شَبِيه اَلنَّجْم (šabīh an-najm)An extragalactic object
Basque quasar
  • quasarAn extragalactic object
Bulgarian кваза́р
  • кваза́р (kvazár)An extragalactic object
Catalan quàsar
  • quàsarAn extragalactic object
Chinese Mandarin 類星體 /类星体, 似星體 /似星体
  • 類星體 /类星体 (lèixīngtǐ)An extragalactic object
  • 似星體 /似星体 (sìxīngtǐ)An extragalactic object
Czech kvazar, kvasar
  • kvazarAn extragalactic object
  • kvasarAn extragalactic object
Danish kvasar
  • kvasarAn extragalactic object
Esperanto kvazaro
  • kvazaroAn extragalactic object
Finnish kvasaari
  • kvasaariAn extragalactic object
French quasar
  • quasarAn extragalactic object
German Quasar
  • QuasarAn extragalactic object
Greek κβάζαρ
  • κβάζαρ (kvázar)An extragalactic object
Hebrew קוואזר
  • קוואזרAn extragalactic object
Hindi कैसर
  • कैसर (kaisar)An extragalactic object
Icelandic dulstirni, kvasi
  • dulstirniAn extragalactic object
  • kvasiAn extragalactic object
Indonesian kuasar
  • kuasarAn extragalactic object
Irish cuasár
  • cuasárAn extragalactic object
Italian quasar
  • quasarAn extragalactic object
Japanese クエーサー, 準星
  • クエーサー (kuēsā)An extragalactic object
  • 準星 (junsei)An extragalactic object
Korean 퀘이사, 준성
  • 퀘이사 (kweisa)An extragalactic object
  • 준성 (junseong)An extragalactic object
Malay kuasar
  • kuasarAn extragalactic object
Norwegian kvasar
  • kvasarAn extragalactic object
Persian اختروش
  • اختروش (axtarvaš)An extragalactic object
Polish kwazar
  • kwazarAn extragalactic object
Portuguese quasar
  • quasarAn extragalactic object
Russian кваза́р
  • кваза́р (kvazár)An extragalactic object
Scottish Gaelic cuasar
  • cuasarAn extragalactic object
Spanish cuásar, quasar (kuéisar)
  • cuásarAn extragalactic object
  • quasar (kuéisar)An extragalactic object
Swedish kvasar
  • kvasarAn extragalactic object
Tagalog digtalain
  • digtalainAn extragalactic object
Thai เควซาร์
  • เควซาร์An extragalactic object
Turkish kuasar
  • kuasarAn extragalactic object
Ukrainian кваза́р
  • кваза́р (kvazár)An extragalactic object
Vietnamese chuẩn tinh
  • chuẩn tinhAn extragalactic object

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with quasar

blazar
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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