Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evening star

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: evening s-tar
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.

noun

Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.

noun

An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis).

noun

Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.

name

The planet Venus when it appears in the west (evening sky), after sunset.

name

Oenothera biennis, a medicinal plant.

name

Mentzelia pumila; any of several other species of genus Mentzelia.

name

The title of any of several newspapers.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: Phosphorus"
"We now know that the evening star is the morning star – that is, Hesperus is Phosphorus."
"Near-synonym: Morning Star"
"As we now know, the evening star is the morning star."

Etymology

From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

the evening star (canonical) evening stars (plural)

Synonyms

Hesperus evenstar Phosphorus Hermes Morning Star

Antonyms

morning star Apollo

Questions

What does evening star mean?: The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.
Where does evening star come from?: From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.

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