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

Although the movie eventually loses steam (a side effect of its subversions of the genre, while using Ilyas’s awkward outsidership as an aesthetic North Star), Khan traces the care with which his characters try to chart invisible social lines. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

Chinatown has always been a North Star in Jessica Wang’s life. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

North Star Taxi, which operates in Twin Falls and the surrounding areas, identified Dudley as one of their drivers. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026

In the lab, teams can prepare for this by using dependable operational performance over time as their North Star metric instead of accuracy. — Freddy Kuo, Forbes.com, 29 June 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