All cynosure synonyms

noun cynosure

• dignitary — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
• model — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
• personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
• superstar — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
• heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
• place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
• hub — the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
• target — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
• spotlight — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
• apotheosis — If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it.
• phenomenon — a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable: to study the phenomena of nature.
• oddity — an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event.
• miracle — an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
• curiosity — Curiosity is a desire to know about something.
• spectacle — anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
• marvel — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
• someone — somebody
• figure — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
• luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
• personage — a person of distinction or importance.
• hero — a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: He became a local hero when he saved the drowning child.
• star — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
• somebody — a person of some note or importance.
• name — a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
• ace — An ace is a playing card with a single symbol on it. In most card games, the ace of a particular suit has either the highest or the lowest value of the cards in that suit.
• vip — A VIP is someone who is given better treatment than ordinary people because they are famous, influential, or important. VIP is an abbreviation for 'very important person'.
• bigwig — If you refer to an important person as a bigwig, you are being rather disrespectful.
• notable — worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
• heavyweight — heavy in weight.
• immortal — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
• lion — a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
• worthy — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
• magnate — a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
• mahatma — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
• hotshot — highly successful and aggressive: a hotshot lawyer; a hotshot account exec.
• kernel — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
• focus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
• seat — something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
• pivot — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
• midst — the position of anything surrounded by other things or parts, or occurring in the middle of a period of time, course of action, etc. (usually preceded by the): a familiar face in the midst of the crowd; in the midst of the performance.
• axis — An axis is an imaginary line through the middle of something.
• interior — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
• core — The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.
• gist — the main or essential part of a matter: What was the gist of his speech?
• midpoint — a point at or near the middle of, or equidistant from, both ends, as of a line: the midpoint of a boundary.
• nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
• marrow — a partner; fellow worker.
• mainstream — the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture.
• inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
• pith — Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.