rising star

American  

[rahy-zing stahr] / ˈraɪ zɪŋ ˈstɑr /

noun

1. a person or thing that is rapidly attracting favorable attention.

   She was a brilliant mathematician and a rising star in her field.

   This company is one of the rising stars on Facebook, with a huge increase in the number of fans in the last six months alone.

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Etymology

Origin of rising star

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

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rising star

A rising star on China’s increasingly competitive AI scene, Moonshot jolted the industry in July with its new large-language model Kimi K3, whose performance rivals that of some top-tier American offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Analysts say Winter's rising star could siphon votes from Smotrich's base, potentially preventing his Religious Zionism party from clearing the electoral threshold of 3.25 percent unless it joins a list with another party.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

They failed in their pursuit of 19-year-old rising star Yan Diomande, who went to Real Madrid from RB Leipzig for a fee worth up to £120m.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Like El-Sayed, Moss is a progressive millennial who has long been a rising star in Michigan Democratic politics.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

He was clearly a rising star of astronomy.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin