young star
Fresh celebrity newcomer
A young star is a celebrity, athlete, or performer who has achieved prominence at an early age: The young star signed a multimillion-dollar contract at nineteen.
In astronomy, it refers to a star in the early stages of its life cycle, still forming or recently ignited: Young stars are often surrounded by disks of gas and dust.
- protostarPre-fusion celestial body
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
- wunderkindRemarkably talented youngster
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- stellar nurseryGas cloud birthing suns
rookie · ingenue · brown dwarf · Orion · nuclear fusion · nebula · breakout · big break · overnight sensation · fledgling · fresh face · astrophysics · up-and-comer · stellar · glow · astronomy · flare · shine
- rising starsup-and-comer, newcomer, prospect, emerging artist, phenom
- Prodigieschild prodigy, prodigy, wunderkind, whiz kid, boy wonder
young starveteran
Experienced former soldier
old hand · elder statesman · has-been · fading star · journeyman
star, young, youth, youthful, youngster, younger, youngest, youthfulness, youthfully