guiding light

from 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}]
    
from 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

    

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