Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun venus

3 senses of venus

Sense 1
Venus -- (the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer")
       INSTANCE OF=> terrestrial planet -- (a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system)
       INSTANCE OF=> inferior planet -- (any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit)

Sense 2
Venus, Urania -- (goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite)
       INSTANCE OF=> Roman deity -- (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)

Sense 3
Venus, genus Venus -- (type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells)
       => mollusk genus -- (a genus of mollusks)