the evening starnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌiːv.nɪŋ ˈstɑːr/us/ˌiːv.nɪŋ ˈstɑːr/a planet, especially Venus, that can be seen shining brightly in the west just after the sun has gone down
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Astronomy
- asteroid
- astral
- astro-
- astrolabe
- astronomer
- geostationary orbit
- gibbous
- heavenly body
- interplanetary
- interstellar
- planetoid
- Pleiades
- plough
- Pluto
- Polaris
- Uranus
- Venus
- vernal equinox
- wane
- white dwarf
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Examples from literature
- As they did then, so at sunrise and at noon and at four o'clock and sunset and when the evening star disappeared—five times a day—they prayed.
- He regarded her for a moment with compassion and understanding, chivalrous and deep, then, moving to the window, stood there with his face to the evening star.
- It was a warm, serene evening, the silver moon shining, the evening star just appearing in the clear blue sky.
- The evening star shone softly above the sea.
- The ferry of the light from the dawn to the dark is done for the day, The evening star is up.
- This beautiful planet may be seen either a little after sunset or shortly before sunrise, according as it becomes the morning or the evening star, but never departing quite forty-eight degrees from the Sun.