aphrodite

1. 1.

   goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus

   SynonymsCytherea

   BroaderGreek deity

Other forms of aphrodite

plural

aphrodites·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aphrodite

What does aphrodite mean?

aphrodite means "goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus".

How many syllables are in aphrodite?

aphrodite has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌæfɹəˈdaɪti/.

What is another word for aphrodite?

Close synonyms include Cytherea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aphrodite a common word?

aphrodite is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.