uranus

1. 1.

   (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology

   SynonymsOuranos

   BroaderGreek deity

   Greek mythology

2. 2.

   a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites

   “Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781”

   BroaderJovian planetsuperior planetouter planet

   Part ofsolar system

Other forms of uranus

plural

uranuses·

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 uranus

What does uranus mean?

uranus means "(Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in uranus?

uranus has 3 syllables: u-ra-nus. The stress falls on "u". In IPA it is /ˈjuɹənəs/.

What is another word for uranus?

Close synonyms include Ouranos. 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 uranus a common word?

uranus 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.