orion

1. 1.

   (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation

   Broadermythical being

   Greek mythology

2. 2.

   a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel

   SynonymsHunter

   Broaderconstellationdiffuse nebula

Other forms of orion

plural

orions·

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 orion

What does orion mean?

orion means "(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in orion?

orion has 3 syllables: o-ri-on. The stress falls on "ri". In IPA it is /oʊˈɹaɪən/.

What is another word for orion?

Close synonyms include Hunter. 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 orion a common word?

orion 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.