top billing

noun

1

: prominent emphasis, featuring, or advertising

2

: the position at the top of a theatrical bill usually featuring the star's name

Synonyms

• catbird seat
• center stage
• limelight
• spotlight

Examples of top billing in a Sentence

despite being of epic proportions, the famine overseas rarely received top billing in the American press

Recent Examples on the Web

Now the food blogger from Charlotte, North Carolina, is getting top billing at the White House thanks to President Donald Trump and Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again agenda. —Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025

After 19 seasons as the show’s lead, Pompeo scaled back her on-screen presence in Season 20 and has been recurring since while continuing to get top billing on the series. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025

The economy’s top billing on CFOs’ list of risk concerns is no surprise. —Jim Deloach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025

Hines and Ford went on to secure bookings on several other late-night programs and nab top billings at nightclubs around the country. —Jack Dunn, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for top billing

• backfilling
• distilling
• fulfilling
• infilling
• instilling
• refilling
• sawmilling
• unwilling
• chilling
• drilling
• filling
• grilling