- guiding star
- Synonyms and related words:North Star, Polaris, ambition, aspiration, basis, calling, cause, consideration, cynosure, goal, ground, guiding light, ideal, inspiration, intention, lodestar, mainspring, matter, motive, polar star, polestar, principle, reason, sake, score, source, spring, ulterior motive, vocation
Moby Thesaurus. Grady Ward. 1996.