Search Result for "guiding light":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a celebrity who is an inspiration to others;
- Example: "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"
[syn: luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable, notability]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

guiding light n 1: a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" [syn: luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable, notability]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "guiding light": ambition, aspiration, basis, calling, cause, consideration, goal, ground, guiding star, ideal, inspiration, intention, lodestar, mainspring, matter, motive, principle, reason, sake, score, source, spring, ulterior motive, vocation