North Star

noun

: the star of the northern hemisphere toward which the axis of the earth points

called also polestar

Examples of North Star in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One of Madison's teachers at North Star Academy Washington Park High School in Newark read tributes written by her classmates. — John Kelly, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

With fulfillment time as the firm’s North Star KPI, the team combined RPA, low-code tools and agentic AI to speed up inbound and outbound logistics, giving AI real autonomy over routing decisions. — Rajesh Gharpure, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Just this summer, North Star Health Alliance in upstate New York, which filed for bankruptcy, publicly discussed plans to partner with Rochester Regional Health. — Daniel Payne, STAT, 8 Sep. 2026

Those two truths, the extraordinary power of solidarity, and the danger of allowing fear to become hate, have shaped my North Star throughout my life. — Mark Treyger, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for North Star

• adar
• afar
• ajar
• alar
• alvar
• bazaar
• bizarre
• boxcar
• boyar
• bulbar
• cachar
• cigar

Kids Definition

North Star

noun

: the star toward which the northern end of the earth's axis very nearly points

called also polestar