beta orionis

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   the brightest star in Orion

   SynonymsRigel

   Broaderbinary star

Questions about beta orionis

What does beta orionis mean?

beta orionis means "the brightest star in Orion".

What is another word for beta orionis?

Close synonyms include Rigel. 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 beta orionis a common word?

beta orionis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.