Synonyms for asterisk
ˈæs tə rɪsk; -rɪsk; ˈæs tə rɪks; ˈæs tə rɪkas·ter·isk

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1. asterisk, starverb

   a star-shaped character * used in printing

   Synonyms:
   virtuoso, headliner, star, star topology, champion, superstar, whiz, mavin, maven, ace, sensation, genius, principal, hotshot, wiz, lead, adept, wizard, whizz

2. star, asteriskverb

   mark with an asterisk

   "Linguists star unacceptable sentences"

   Synonyms:
   star

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1. asterisknoun

   Synonyms:
   star (in printing)

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1. List of paraphrases for "asterisk":

   asterisks

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1. Edward Jones analyst Matt Arnold:

   There's an asterisk on it.

2. Aaron Rodgers:

   Josh Allen was telling me there’s going to be an asterisk by this win because there was only three rounds, but I think that name, our names are going to be up there [on the Wall of Champions] for a long time.

3. Paula Cannon:

   The big kind of asterisk, if you like, against all of these studies, is that they are really dealing with massively incomplete information, were all guessing what the true infection rates and the case fatality rates are because there isnt widespread uniform testing in every country.

4. Billie Jean:

   She's going to be a superstar and she already is, but now it's just the beginning, there should be no asterisk, she won fair and square. She was definitely playing better than Serena Williams from the get-go, so this is hers and hers 100 % no matter what was happening with the chaos.

5. Brian Bendis:

   Our message has to be 'it's not Spider-Man with an asterisk; it's the real Spider-Man for kids of color, for adults of color and everybody else,'.