headliner
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- noun
- /ˈhɛdˌlaɪnər/
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- The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday.
J Anthony Brown was the first black headliner that I ever worked with.
- J Anthony Brown was the first black headliner that I ever worked with.
- He was the middle act and Jay Moore was the headliner.
- That summer we played this festival here in Atlanta and a bunch of people from labels came out and we were the headliner at this at this club.
- And because there was one particular individual who was the the headliner, shall we put it charmingly, named Roxy Tickle.
- Again, usually you you work with a local feature, but a lot of the times, you know, when you're a headliner, you don't know these local comics.
- Turns out Ed Sheeran, AKA soft rock Sam Gamgi, was the headliner for the NF LS Kickoff concert, which is a bit of a weird collab.
- And I remember the headliner was Tom Simmons.
- And it just so happens that the guy that was the headliner was not doing well.
- But Super Bowl, the headliner, is for the straights.
Examples
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Nick, I need a headliner tonight.
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Tonight, the famous singer will be the headliner at the music festival.
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And it just so happens that the guy that was the headliner was not doing well.
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- And now, your headliner for this evening is a local comedy legend.
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Johnny Jazz Hands is the headliner.
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When I was a headliner in Paris, audiences always liked it when I sparkled.
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We have one of our favorite headliners returning to celebrate his release on our record label.
Blog text (8) -
The headliner on this stage show was Malvolio the magician.
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Horatio Standwell was once again the headliner at Wednesday night's bar association program.
Academic text (2010) -
Needless to say, a major headliner in the showroom helped legitimize the entire operation.
Synonyms
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1.1
A very famous and admired performer like an actor or musician
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3.0
A person or thing that stands out in a performance
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5.7
Something very impressive that makes people stop and look
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Headliner comes from headline, the 'top' line on a poster or newspaper where the most important name is shown. So a headliner is the performer whose name sits in that top line and who is the main attraction.