NORTH STAR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

North Star; polar star; Polaris; pole star; polestar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

loadstar; lodestar (guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy)

variable; variable star (a star that varies noticeably in brightness)

Holonyms ("North Star" is a member of...):

Little Bear; Ursa Minor (a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star)

Dipper; Little Dipper (a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris)