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guiding light
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun guiding light has 1 sense
- guiding light(n = noun.person) leading light, luminary, notability, notable - a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" is a kind of celebrity, famous person
THESAURUS
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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