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  1. Venus:


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Detailed Synonyms for Venus in English

Venus:

Venus [the ~] noun

  1. the Venus
    – type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells 1
    the genus Venus; the Venus
    – type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells 1
  2. the Venus
    – the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star' 1
    the Venus
    – the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star' 1
    • Venus [the ~] noun
      • before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer1
  3. the Venus
    – goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite 1
    the Urania; the Venus
    – goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite 1

Related Definitions for "Venus":

  1. type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells1
  2. the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'1
    • before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer1
  3. goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite1

Related Synonyms for Venus