Synonyms of polestar

polestar

noun

ˈpōl-ˌstär 

as in compass

a guiding or motivating purpose or principle

under the polestar of progress, urban renewal programs gutted the historic districts of many cities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compass
• direction
• purpose
• lodestar
• focus
• cynosure
• touchstone
• criterion
• standard
• objective
• goal
• object
• yardstick
• intention
• benchmark
• par
• aspiration
• measure
• aim
• grade
• ambition
• target
• dream
• mark

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of polestar

Durazzi had horses freely roaming the garden; inside the gallery, models were standing on a felt-padded plinth, while images of women who are the designer’s polestars—artists, scientists, and intellectuals from Phoebe Boswell to Carla Cerati to Ottessa Moshfegh—were projected on their faces. — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2023

As Twitter appears to go down in flames, with nothing on the horizon to rise in its place as the polestar of the media firmament, there is some hope that people in the press or in Hollywood may have to update their priors once more about how young activists actually talk and behave. — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022

The Brazilian restaurant has been lauded widely as a polestar of exciting food in the city. — Dallas News, 13 Oct. 2022

And, of course, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn’s polestar for art and repertory programming. — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2022