Synonyms for lodestar
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lohd-stahr |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊdˌstɑr |
Top 10 synonyms for lodestar Other synonyms for the word lodestar
- ABCs
- adviser
- alarm
- alert
- apotheosis
- archetype
- attendant
- balefire
- beacon
- beam
- beau ideal
- bellwether
- Bible
- bonfire
- captain
- chaperon
- chapter and verse
- cicerone
- compendium
- conductor
- controller
- convoy
- criterion
- cynosure
- director
- docent
- emblem
- embodiment
- enchiridion
- epitome
- escort
- example
- exemplar
- exhibitor
- gauge
- genie
- genius
- guidepost
- guiding light
- guiding spirit
- guiding star
- guru
- heliograph
- hero
- hot lead
- inspiration
- lamp
- landmark
- lantern
- lead
- leader
- lighthouse
- lodestar
- manual
- mark
- marker
- mentor
- mirror
- model
- mold
- monitor
- no-no's
- nonesuch
- nonpareil
- original
- paradigm
- paragon
- pathfinder
- pattern
- pharos
- pilot
- pioneer
- pointer
- polar star
- polestar
- prototype
- quintessence
- radar
- rocket
- role model
- rudder
- saint
- scout
- sign
- signal
- signal fire
- signpost
- smoke signal
- standard
- superintendent
- symbol
- teacher
- telltale
- the book
- the numbers
- tip-off
- touchstone
- type
- usher
- vade mecum
- vanguard
- warning signal
- watchtower
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for lodestar
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