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evening star

evening star proper noun: the planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.

evening star: the planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening
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Proper noun (1)

the evening star

  1. The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.
    • Near-synonym: Phosphorus
    • We now know that the evening star is the morning star – that is, Hesperus is Phosphorus.

Noun

evening star (plural evening stars)

  1. Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.
    Synonyms:
    Hermes
    Antonyms:
    morning star, Apollo
  2. An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis).
  3. Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Evening Star

Evening Star

  1. The planet Venus when it appears in the west (evening sky), after sunset.
    • Near-synonym: Morning Star
    • As we now know, the evening star is the morning star.
    Synonyms:
    Morning Star
  2. Oenothera biennis, a medicinal plant.
  3. Mentzelia pumila; any of several other species of genus Mentzelia.
  4. The title of any of several newspapers.

evening star meaning in Tamil, Punjabi, Arabic and Thai

evening star in Tamil

மாலை விண்மீன்

evening star in Punjabi

planet Venus seen in the evening
ਸ਼ਾਮ ਦਾ ਤਾਰਾ śām dā tārā, ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰ śukkar

evening star in Arabic

planet Venus seen in the evening
نَجْمَة الْمَسَاء

evening star in Thai

planet Venus seen in the evening
ดาวประจำเมือง daao-bprà-jam-mʉʉang
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evening star in Vietnamese
sao Hôm

Synonyms of evening star

Antonyms

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Forms of evening star

pluralevening stars

Origin of evening star

From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.

Questions about evening star

What does evening star mean?
Evening star means the planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.
What is evening star in Tamil?
Evening star in Tamil is மாலை விண்மீன். See Evening star meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is evening star?
Evening star can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near evening star in the dictionary

  1. evening primrose
  2. evening primrose oil
  3. evening primroses
  4. evening school
  5. evening schools
  6. evening star
  7. evening stars
  8. evening tea
  9. evening the score
  10. evening up
  11. evening wrap

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Adapted from Wiktionary: evening star (page history and authors); Evening Star (page history and authors); evening star (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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