planet

1. 1.

   (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction

   Synonymsmajor planet

   Broadercelestial body

   Narrowerevening starinferior planetJovian planetmorning starouter planetsuperior planetterrestrial planet

   Part ofsolar system

   Partsbiosphere

   astronomy

2. 2.

   a person who follows or serves another

   Synonymssatellite

   Broaderfollower
3. 3.

   any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star

   Broadercelestial body

Other forms of planet

plural

planets·

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 planet

What does planet mean?

planet means "(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in planet?

planet has 2 syllables: plan-et. The stress falls on "plan". In IPA it is /ˈplænət/.

What is another word for planet?

Close synonyms include major planet, satellite. 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 planet a common word?

planet is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.