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lodestar

noun

variants: also loadstar

Synonyms and Antonyms of lodestar

a guiding or motivating purpose or principle

a society seemingly with unbridled greed as its only lodestar

Synonyms of lodestar

compass, cynosure, direction, focus, polestar

Words Related to lodestar

benchmark, criterion, grade, mark, measure, par, standard, touchstone, yardstick

aim, ambition, aspiration, dream, goal, intention, object, objective, purpose, target

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