Antonyms for lodestar

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lohd-stahr

Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊdˌstɑr

Definition of lodestar

Origin : late 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), an old name for the pole star (cf. Old Norse leiðarstjarna) as the star that "leads the way" in navigation; from lode (n.) + star (n.). Figurative use from late 14c.

As in model : noun example, standard
As in beacon : noun light used as signal, guide
As in North Star : noun polaris
As in guide : noun something that or someone who leads
As in guide : noun information, instructions

Example sentences :

Since I have known you, you have been the lodestar of my existence, the fountain of my inspiration.
Extract from : « Happy Days » by Alan Alexander Milne

Every man must have a woman as a lodestar; you are to be that to me.
Extract from : « A Book o' Nine Tales. » by Arlo Bates

What do they say up in the carbonate camp about the Lodestar business?
Extract from : « The Helpers » by Francis Lynde

And find what lodestar there draws Chartrien From constancy?
Extract from : « The Mortal Gods and Other Plays » by Olive Tilford Dargan

You hold me as the lodestar holds the iron: I cannot but cling to you.
Extract from : « Dark Lady of the Sonnets » by George Bernard Shaw

His example is the lodestar of our aspirations, and we fain would be his disciples.
Extract from : « The Reconstructed School » by Francis B. Pearson

I saw little, heard little, yet was faintly conscious that I was the lodestar of all glances and exulting in my triumph.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

He's going to make your fortune on Thursday—good old Lodestar, some of 'em'll feel the draught, you bet.
Extract from : « Aladdin of London » by Sir Max Pemberton

When he looked from a crest of the waves his lodestar was gone; a black cloud had hidden the turret lamp.
Extract from : « Half a Hundred Hero Tales » by Various

Jonson correctly describes the lodestar, or loadstar, as it is less properly called, as "the leading or guiding star."
Extract from : « A Select Collection of Old English Plays; Originally Published by Robert Dodsley in the Year 1744; Fourth Edition » by Various

Synonyms for lodestar

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