Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun north_star

1 sense of north star

Sense 1
Polaris, North Star, pole star, polar star, polestar -- (the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it)
       INSTANCE OF=> variable star, variable -- (a star that varies noticeably in brightness)
       INSTANCE OF=> lodestar, loadstar -- (guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy)