headliner

noun

ˈhed-ˌlī-nər How to pronounce headliner (audio)
Definition of headlinernext
as in star
the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show a headliner on variety shows in the early days of TV

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Recent Examples of headliner One of this year’s headliners is Monisha Williams, a full-time comedian who has spent 13 years in the business. — Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 To try to build a fake festival to scale and have a headliner perform with 50,000 fans would make a very expensive movie. — Miki Hellerbach, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Amanda Bright, a festival attendee who is a huge fan of Thursday headliner My Chemical Romance, was getting a large spider tattoo on her upper arm Thursday afternoon after finding out about the tattoo studio on the Aftershock mobile app. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 But the headliner of the event was Dots, a new desktop agent product that competes directly with Meta’s recently released Muse virtual assistant. — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for headliner
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  1. star
  2. principal
Noun
  • And the pop star has been collecting some major co-signs along the way.
    — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In his first role following his military service, Song Kang (Sweet Home) stars as Kang Pi-o, the perfectionist grandson of a renowned maestro whose mother pushes him to be the very best.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of star
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  • The lawsuit alleges that the school district and Riley, the principal of Prairie Elementary School during the abuse, failed to properly supervise the plaintiff.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In charter, a family office or executive assistant may arrange and pay for a flight, but the principal and other passengers are the actual users.
    — Alex Kowtun, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of principal

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“Headliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headliner. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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