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/ˈhɛdˌlaɪnɚ/ · noun
(music) The headlining band or performer at a concert or similar event; the best-known and first billed musician, comedian, etc., often performing as the final act of the evening..
I was ahead of my deadline so I watched "Flatliners," about some serious deadliners with a headliner complex.
There, amid the curses and catcalls of sweaty beer drinkers, the tour's headliners are set to engage in a hallowed feminist ritual:
Use headliner when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Headliner means (music) The headlining band or performer at a concert or similar event; the best-known and first billed musician, comedian, etc., often performing as the final act of the evening..
Common synonyms include star.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I was ahead of my deadline so I watched "Flatliners," about some serious deadliners with a headliner complex.
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