Synonyms for star-gazer
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : stahr-gey-zer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɑrˌgeɪ zər |
Définition of star-gazer
Origin :- 1550s, from star (n.) + agent noun from gaze (v.).
- As in dreamer : noun visionary
- Will he not be called by them a prater, a star-gazer, a good-for-nothing?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- "It is a pity you are not a star-gazer," observed Kenyon, also looking up.
- Extract from : « The Marble Faun, Volume II. » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- We have a poem of theirs which numbers the star-gazer as one of the crew.
- Extract from : « The Wanderings of a Spiritualist » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Jason appointed Tiphys to be helmsman because he was a star-gazer, and knew the points of the compass.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- "The transit of Venus, Rittenhouse," for it was that observation which had given this star-gazer fame and recognition abroad.
- Extract from : « The Red City » by S. Weir Mitchell
- On an auspicious day fixed by the Chukkamusti (star-gazer), the bride is conducted to the home of the bridegroom.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- In me was the blood of the star-gazer, my emotions 140recalling the rejected beliefs, the signs and wonders of the heavens.
- Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks
- Don't use a martingale unless your horse is a star-gazer, or else tosses his head so as to be able to strike you.
- Extract from : « Patroclus and Penelope » by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
- Jason appointed Tiphys to be helmsman, because he was a star-gazer and knew the points of the compass.
- Extract from : « Myths and Legends of All Nations » by Various
- A triangular sail set above the skysail; if square it would be a moonsail, and if set above that, a star-gazer, &c.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
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- all-star team
- aristarch
- basket star
- bastard
- bastard child
- bastardism
- bastardize
- bastardized
- bastardy
- be startled
- big star
- by fits and starts
- cut the mustard
- cutting the mustard
- dastard
- dastardliness
- dastardly
- daystar
- Dog Star
- evening star
- fits and starts
- five-star
- five-star admiral
- flying start
- four-star
- gat started
- gaze
- gaze open-mouthed
- gazed
- gazer
- gazeteer
- gazette
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- get one started
- get started
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- gold star
- guiding star
- had a head start
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- has a head start
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- hast a head start
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- hath a head start
- have a head start
- ill-fated/ill-starred
- ill-starred
- in the stars
- Jewish star
- jewish stars
- jumpstart
- laundry starch
- lodestar
- made start
- make a fresh start
- make a start
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- morning star
- non starter
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- North Star
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- star
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- Star of Bethlehem
- Star of David
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- Star-Spangled Banner
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- stare
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- stark
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- start
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- startle
- startled
- startling
- startlingly
- startup money
- starvation
- starvation diet
- starve
- starved
- superstar
- the stars
- upstart
- video-gazer
- wandering star
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