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lodestone

noun
variants: also

loadstone

Synonyms and Antonyms of lodestone

  1. something that attracts interest the young woman's wealth unfortunately made her a lodestone for fortune hunters Synonyms attraction, draw, magnet (also loadstone)Related Words capital, center, cynosure, epicenter, mecca, pole, polestar; allure, allurement, bait, enticement, fascination, lure, temptation, turn-on; appeal, call; incentive, inducement, persuasion, spur, stimulus; curiosity, sight(s), spectacle

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