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costar

costar

8 3.8
A person who shares a leading role with another actor in a film or play
  • noun
  • /ˈkoʊˌstɑr/
translation icon : coestrella
  • During the press conference, the director praised her for her chemistry with her costar on set.
  • costar from the film
  • former costar

I thank you Burt's Bees for keeping my lips from bleeding on my costars.

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Examples

  • After all, his Twilight costar (and rumored on-again girlfriend) Kristen Stewart is already plugging the house of Balenciaga's Florabotanica scent.

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  • According to a witness, the stunning 28-year-old brunette hung back as Facinelli posed on the red carpet with costars Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene.

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  • Who has been your favorite costar to work with so far?

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  • You are not only my wife, you happen to be the costar.

  • I am the star of this show, and I won't have my costar treated this way.

  • Let me introduce you to your costars.

  • Miss Vanessi, my costar, is quitting.

  • Russian superstar Kato arrived with her costar Dick Harder, up for Best Actor.

  • A terrific new actor, but his costar Marion Cotillard will get all the awards love for this intense drama.

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  • Kellan famously dated his 90210 costar AnnaLynne McCord, but he's holding steady with current girlfriend Sharni Vinson at the moment.

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Synonyms

co-star
vscostar
2.8

A person who acts with equal importance in a film or show

is the same idea but written without a hyphen

How Prominent

lead
279 4.6
costar
8 3.8
bit part
5 4.1
extra
32 3.5

Surface Forms

costar singular
costars plural

Morphology

costar = star (transparent) = co + star

The prefix 'co-' clearly indicates sharing or partnership, making the meaning of 'costar' easily derived from 'star'.

Etymology

Costar comes from the parts co- meaning 'together' and star meaning 'leading actor', so a costar is a 'star' who shares the spotlight with another actor.