Meaning

2 senses
  1. 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.

  2. The interior fabric covering the ceiling-like area inside of a vehicle.

    Himmel

More definitions
  • a performer who receives prominent billing

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I'm here to see the support band. I'm not fussed about the headliner.

    deIch bin hier, um die Vorgruppe zu sehen. Der Hauptauftritt ist mir eigentlich egal. — Waldelfe

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
interior fabric covering the roof of a vehicle:

Origin

From head + liner.

From head + liner.

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Forms

plural: headliners
Singularheadliner
Pluralheadliners

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a performer who receives prominent billing:star

Word family

2 related words
Relatedheadline

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
headliner — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto