stellar

comparative more stellar · superlative most stellar

1. not comparableastronomyOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

   Synonyms: astral, sidereal, starry, starly · Antonyms: nonstellar

2. Heavenly.
3. broadlyExceptional, exceptionally good.

   The actress gave a stellar performance.

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   Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees.

   1931, Music and Dance, volume 21, Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Musical News Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 27, column 2

   Yet the economic seers are at it again, seemingly unabashed by their somewhat less than stellar performances in 1969.

   1970, Hardware Age, volume 205, New York, N.Y.: David Williams Co., →OCLC, page 8, column 1

   Where a bank may automatically reject any borrower based on a bad credit score, this is not true for all social lending networks. You can still have a less than stellar score and obtain funding as long as you can convince a peer tha your project is worthy or your business model is strong.

   2012, Linda A. Jenkins, “What is Social Lending?”, in Creative Financing: How to Get a Small Business Loan without a Banker, Gold Alliance Group, →ISBN, page 1

   Synonyms: wonderful, excellent, brilliant, exceptional, superb, outstanding · Antonyms: mediocre, poor, underwhelming, average