Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

Venus

[vee-nuhs] / ˈvi nəs /


NOUN
evening star
Synonyms
Antonyms




NOUN
terrestrial planet
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

It’s been hard to tell what kind of comeback Williams is pursuing—if this is a quick resurfacing to play with Venus, or if she intends to fully recommit to the tour.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

She’s scheduled to play doubles with her sister Venus in Cincinnati, and if that goes well, one presumes we’ll see them pair again in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Open, where Venus is set to play mixed doubles with Alexander Bublik.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

A solar eclipse, one of the year's most popular meteor showers, a dazzling evening appearance by Venus, and a lunar eclipse will fill August with memorable celestial events.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Why would the planet Venus dress in jeans?

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

The chaos of three time zones and daylight saving couldn’t stop us from deconstructing the lens of art history, which, McCormack argues, wants to confine women to four categories: Venuses, mothers, damsels or monsters.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2021

For now studying Venus up close may be the only route to reliable estimates of which is more common in the cosmos: Earths or Venuses.

From Scientific American Aug. 17, 2021

Like his sad-eyed Venuses who float just beyond reality, this young man has his mind on the infinite.

From The Guardian Sep. 25, 2020

Mr. Caja developed a personal iconography, featuring birds, eggs, bunnies, pigs, blond Venuses, and more.

From New York Times Aug. 2, 2019

The painting of the seventeenth century passed on towards the eighteenth, and, from ceilings and panels, rosy nymphs and Venuses smile at us, attitudinising and contorted upon their cloudy backgrounds.

From The Venetian School of Painting by Evelyn March Phillipps




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training