A celebrity who is an inspiration to others.

synonyms: guiding light, leading light, notability, notable.

Roget 423: luminary; light etc. 420; flame etc. (fire) 382.    spark, scintilla; phosphorescence, fluorescence.    sun, orb of day, Phoebus, Apollo^†, Aurora; star, orb; meteor, falling star, shooting star; blazing star, dog star, Sirius; canicula, Aldebaran^†; constellation, galaxy; zodiacal light; anthelion^†; day star, morning star; Lucifer; mock sun, parhelion; phosphor, phosphorus; sun dog^†; Venus.    aurora, polar lights; northern lights, aurora borealis; southern lights, aurora australis.    lightning; chain lightning, fork lightning, sheet lightning, summer lightning; ball lightning, kugelblitz [G.]; [chemical substances giving off light without burning] phosphorus, yellow phosphorus; scintillator, phosphor; firefly luminescence.    ignis fatuus [Lat.]; Jack o'lantern, Friar's lantern; will-o'-the-wisp, firedrake^†, Fata Morgana [Lat.]; Saint Elmo's fire.    [luminous insects] glowworm, firefly, June bug, lightning bug.    [luminous fish] anglerfish.    [Artificial light] gas; gas light, lime light, lantern, lanthorn^†; dark lantern, bull's-eye; candle, bougie [Fr.], taper, rushlight; oil etc. (grease) 356; wick, burner; Argand^†, moderator, duplex; torch, flambeau, link, brand; gaselier^†, chandelier, electrolier^†, candelabrum, candelabra, girandole^†, sconce, luster, candlestick.    [non-combustion based light sources] lamp, light; incandescent lamp, tungsten bulb, light bulb; flashlight, torch [Brit.]; arc light; laser; [microwave radiation]; maser neon bulb, neon sign; fluorescent lamp.    [parts of a light bulb] filament; socket; contacts; filler gas.    firework, fizgig^†; pyrotechnics; rocket, lighthouse etc. (signal) 550.    ... show more

Roget 500: sage, wise man; genius; master mind, master spirit of the age; longhead^†, thinker; intellectual, longhair.    authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo [Lat.], Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, second Daniel.   " man of learning etc. 492; expert etc. 700; wizard etc. 994.    wiseacre [Iron.], bigwig, know-it-all; poor man's Einstein.    ... show more

Dutch: lichtend voorbeeld, lichtbron, uitblinker
Polish: luminarz