evening star

1. 1.

   a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky

   SynonymsHesperusVesper

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Questions about evening star

What does evening star mean?

evening star means "a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky".

What is another word for evening star?

Close synonyms include Hesperus, Vesper. 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 evening star a common word?

evening star 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.