SUPERNOVA Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

supernova

noun

ˌsü-pər-ˈnō-və

as in success

a person or thing that is successful tragically, a shoulder injury cut short the pitching career of one of baseball's brightest supernovas

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Recent Examples of supernova McIlroy never seemed unnerved by the pressure of following the supernova that was Woods. —

Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026 The most massive stars will die in a core-collapse supernova, often within merely a few million years after their birth. —

Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 These supernovas are critically important for measuring the expansion rate of the universe. —

Liz Kruesi, Quanta Magazine, 2 Feb. 2026 Aging supernovas To reach their conclusions, the researchers analyzed a sample of 300 galaxies containing Type 1a supernovas and posited that the dimming of distant exploding stars was not only due to their moving farther away from Earth, but also due to the progenitor star’s age. —

Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 20 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for supernova

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In addition to his clairvoyant recruitment of head coach Eric Roy, who had not coached a club for more than 11 years before his appointment by Brest, Lorenzi enjoyed success at Stade Francis Le Ble by picking up players on the cheap and selling them on at significant profit.

— Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
And while the state has seen strong GDP growth in recent months, business groups still worry that this economic success could be stifled by limited job growth and economic uncertainty in the wake of federal policy changes.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026