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Synonyms for asterisk
ˈæs tə rɪsk; -rɪsk; ˈæs tə rɪks; ˈæs tə rɪkas·ter·isk

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Princeton's WordNet1.2 / 5 votes

  1. asterisk, starverb

    a star-shaped character * used in printing

    Synonyms:
    virtuoso, headliner, star, star topology, champion, superstar, whiz, mavin, maven, ace, sensation, genius, principal, hotshot, wiz, lead, adept, wizard, whizz

  2. star, asteriskverb

    mark with an asterisk

    "Linguists star unacceptable sentences"

    Synonyms:
    star

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Dictionary of English Synonymes2.0 / 2 votes

  1. asterisknoun

    Synonyms:
    star (in printing)

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "asterisk":

    asterisks

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2831principal
#4708champion
#5359wizard
#5688ace
#8200genius
#10433asterisk
#12945sensation
#14890superstar
#18957maven
#20064adept
#22751wiz
#32361virtuoso
#36509whiz
#42442asterisks
#50562headliner
#67703hotshot
#92369whizz
#265650mavin

How to use asterisk in a sentence?

  1. Jonathan Miller:

    As things are now, I'm not sure what causes rents to drop, but a recession is the asterisk in the conversation. The Fed is taking a baseball bat to the economy and there are more rate increases in store. There is still a tremendous amount of uncertainty.

  2. Chuck Schumer:

    The verdict of this kangaroo court will be meaningless. By refusing the facts, by refusing witnesses and documents the Republican majority has placed a giant asterisk, the asterisk of a sham trial, next to the acquittal of President Donald Trump, written in permanent ink, acquittal in an unfair trial with this giant asterisk, the asterisk of a sham trial, is worth nothing at all to President Donald Trump or anybody else.

  3. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

    Governor Christie’s comments in this regard have been particularly irresponsible, though not surprising for somebody whose poll numbers are closer to an asterisk than they are double digits. Clearly this is part of the strategy to turn that around.

  4. Edward Jones analyst Matt Arnold:

    There's an asterisk on it.

  5. Paula Cannon:

    The big kind of asterisk, if you like, against all of these studies, is that they are really dealing with massively incomplete information, were all guessing what the true infection rates and the case fatality rates are because there isnt widespread uniform testing in every country.


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