four-star

[fawr-stahr, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌstɑr, ˈfoʊr- /

ADJECTIVE

big-league

Synonyms

WEAK

big-deal big-time blue-chip chief critical crucial exceptional foremost front-page great high-power important impressive influential large leading major playing hard ball prominent significant

ADJECTIVE

heavyweight

Synonyms

STRONG

chief grave great heavy major professional

WEAK

big-time blue-chip critical crucial exceptional front-page high-power major-league playing hard ball serious strictly business

Antonyms

STRONG

happy inconsequential insignificant little minor small trivial unimportant unskilled

ADJECTIVE

major-league

Synonyms

WEAK

big-league big-time blue-chip chief critical crucial exceptional front-page grave great heavy high-power major notable playing hard ball pre-eminent serious strictly business

ADJECTIVE

top-level

Synonyms

STRONGEST

high-level high-profile

WEAK

VIP aristocratic distinguished esteemed famous first-class foremost front-page grand high-up honored illustrious leading majestic major-league noble notable noted noteworthy powerful preeminent prominent top-drawer top-notch upper-class well-known

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The four-star review added that it is "both an easy and a deeply unsettling watch".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Among them were the first female commandant of the Coast Guard, the head of the Army’s Chaplain Corps, and a four-star general overseeing the Army’s Transformation and Training Command.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

The 1988 presidential campaign of Alexander Haig, a former four-star general who served as Ronald Reagan’s first secretary of state, flamed out amid GOP infighting over the Iran–Contra affair.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a retired four-star general, spoke to more than 1,000 people in a ballroom.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

It isn’t the Plaza Hotel four-star service, but it will do.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

four-star

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