Word "VENUS" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
Synonyms:
genus venus

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
Synonyms:
urania

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
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'

Crossword Clues for VENUS

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Inner planet (5) Mirror Classic 20 Jul 2025
Planet and Williams of tennis (5)
Hottest planet in our solar system Universal 07 Jul 2025
What is Bananarama's most played song on Spotify? (5)
*Did you know that a day on ___ (second rock from 7d) is longer than a year on it?
Inner planet (5) Mirror Classic 26 Jun 2025
Planet (5) Mirror Quick 23 Jun 2025
It's in heaven, usually (5) Mirror Cryptic 23 Jun 2025
Planet with no moons LA Times Mini 20 Jun 2025
. ..... Williams, 2000 and 2001 US Open women's singles champion (5)
Miss Williams 'in Blue Jeans' (5)
Roman goddess of love (5) Mirror Quiz 05 Jun 2025
Beautiful woman with a heavenly body
A well known sister goddess (5)
Cloud-covered planet
Planet The Times Concise 21 Apr 2025
Planet shrouded in toxic clouds that smell like rotten eggs New York Times Mini 15 Apr 2025
Most brilliant planet in our solar system (5)
Planet Mirror Classic 10 Apr 2025
Celestial body seen in heaven, usually (5)
Goddess of love The Telegraph Quick 25 Mar 2025
Seven usually including planet (5)
To us, a bit of heaven (5)
The second nearest planet to the sun (5)
Classical beauty spots shunned by English The Telegraph Toughie 19 Feb 2025
Like Aphrodite, she"ll have a bit of love before sunrise (5)
*Cupid's mom
Planet whose day is longer than its year New York Times 26 Jan 2025
Serena Williams' tennis playing sister (5)
Mark ....., 1988-97 Wolves and 1997-2003 Ipswich Town defender (5)
Serena Williams' sister (5)
This is the hottest planet in our solar system.
Roman counterpart of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love (5)
One planet in seven, usually (5)
Goddess a€“ planet (5)
Goddess - planet (5) The Guardian Quick 02 Jan 2025
The morning (or evening) star
Heavenly body of a goddess? (5)
Delta of __, by Anaïs Nin (5) The Guardian Weekend 07 Dec 2024
Delta of __, by AnaA¯s Nin (5)
___ de Milo, famous statue (5)
Second nearest planet to the sun Mirror Quiz 27 Nov 2024
Planet known as 'Evening Star' (5)
Reflection from sun evidence of planet near Earth (5)
Planet which is second nearest to the Sun (5)
Roman goddess or second planet from the sun (5)
Planet Mirror Quick 18 Oct 2024
It's in heaven, usually Mirror Cryptic 18 Oct 2024
Adonis's love Thomas Joseph 16 Oct 2024
Its atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide Wall Street Journal 15 Oct 2024
Hottest planet in our solar system LA Times Mini 14 Oct 2024
Planet whose atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide
What "very" stands for in the mnemonic "My Very Educated Mother ..." New York Times Mini 03 Oct 2024
Second rock from the sun LA Times Daily 30 Sep 2024
A little bit of heaven seen at sunrise? (5)
Go to another world? Even us? Well, not quite!
Bright at night, she gives some love before sunrise (5)
Goddess of love Commuter 21 Sep 2024
Goddess with a heavenly body
*#18 Across, to Romans
Planet The Telegraph Quick 13 Sep 2024
Goddess in heaven, usually Mirror Cryptic 30 Aug 2024
Planet Mirror Quick 30 Aug 2024
Earth's neighbour (5) The Guardian Quick 29 Aug 2024
Second planet from the Sun The Telegraph Plusword 28 Aug 2024
Inferior planet (5)
Roman counterpart of Aphrodite (5) The Times Concise 17 Aug 2024
Inner planet Mirror Classic 14 Aug 2024
*Did you know that a day on ___ (second rock from 7d) is longer than a year on it?
American tennis player who won her first of five Wimbledon singles titles in 2000 (5,8)
Some of the seven useful attributes of a goddess (5)
17th-century painting by Diego Velazquez damaged by suffragette Mary Richardson in 1914 (6,5)
The Romans imagined her to be heavenly (5)
Full of love, she's considered 'armless
The hottest planet in our solar system, despite not being closest to the sun
#2, or subject of a famous Botticelli painting
Tennis ace whose sister and colleague is Serena Williams (5)
In several ways, to us, she looks a star (5)
Williams of tennis Newsday 02 Jun 2024
She circulates with the likes of Mars and Pluto (5)
Planet known in Hebrew as Noga featuring among seven, usefully (5)
Williams may well be looked up to
Morning star seen in heaven usually (5)
Second planet
See 2 Down Mirror Quiz 11 May 2024
Check reduced rotation of star to see planet
With 14-Across: Tennis great who sported a sequined gold dress at the Met Gala on Monday
___- Williams, tennis star played by Saniyya Sidney in 2021's King Richard (5)
A goddess in heaven, usually (5)
One imagines she's out of this world (5)
Heaven usually reveals the morning-star (5)
Two from sun (or +) (5)
She shows a bit of heaven to American tennis fans (5)
Starts to view evening star on the rise, namely... (5)
Object in heaven, usually Mirror Cryptic 29 Mar 2024
Planet Mirror Quick 29 Mar 2024
The second planet from the sun (5)
In love, mused about classical figure (5,2,4)
She makes love heavenly
Planet Mirror Classic 10 Mar 2024
She means a bit of heaven to the Americans (5)
Roman love goddess Commuter 05 Mar 2024
Like Aphrodite, she has a heavenly body (5)
First name of 30 Across' sister and doubles partner (5)
Roman goddess of love New York Times Mini 23 Feb 2024
Aphrodite to give half away at sun-up (5)
Planet second from the sun (5)
Planet second from the sun
Beautiful woman with heavenly body
Beauty queen who moves in astronomical circles! (5)
The goddess of love in Roman mythology (5)
2nd planet
Planet sometimes called Earth's twin
Botticelli depicted her with a heavenly body (5)
Song by Shocking Blue covered by Bananarama in 1986 (5)
2000 and 2001 US Open women's singles tennis championship winner (5)
Planet and Roman goddess (5)
Second nearest planet to the sun Mirror Quiz 09 Jan 2024
Tennis champ, ... Williams
Planet Mirror Classic 29 Dec 2023
The second planet from the sun in our Solar System
Teamed with Marcus Daniell for 2020 Tokyo Olympics tennis medal "first" (5)
Something seen in heaven, usually
"The Birth of ___" (painting by Botticelli) (5)
Evening Star The Guardian Quick 10 Nov 2023
Planet The Telegraph Quick 08 Jul 2023
Roman love goddess The Times Concise 04 Jul 2023
Copper's come from Paris with son The Telegraph Toughie 22 Jun 2023
"The Birth of ___," Sarah Dunant novel featuring the second planet from the sun in its title
Beauty pageants uneventful, though some tripping over The Guardian Cryptic 14 Apr 2023
___ Williams, American professional tennis player with 4 gold and 1 silver medal at the Olympics
Earth's neighbor Thomas Joseph 22 Nov 2022
Goddess has proven useful, in part The Times Cryptic 04 Nov 2022
Neighbouring planet The Telegraph Quick 05 Oct 2022
Roman goddess of love Universal 25 Jul 2022
A planet The Telegraph Quick 19 Jul 2022
Five-time Wimbledon singles champion Williams LA Times Daily 20 Jun 2022
Earth's neighbor Thomas Joseph 10 May 2022
Goddess, European star, turned up after heading for Vienna The Telegraph Cryptic 02 May 2022
Symbol of love, in Heaven usually The Times Cryptic 10 Jan 2022
The Roman Goddess of Love who is the equivalent of Aphrodite
Earth neighbor Universal 29 Oct 2021
Sister of Serena Williams Universal 26 Oct 2021
Serena's sister The Washington Post 12 Oct 2021
Serena's sister LA Times Daily 12 Oct 2021
Planet The Times Concise 24 May 2021
Locations losing last English mollusc
Deity in heaven, usually
Tennis great Williams USA Today 01 Mar 2021
The second planet Newsday 18 Jan 2021
Places overlooking Earth and its neighbour
Leading with very efficient, nice, useful serve, she won grand slams
Goddess of love The Telegraph Quick 11 Aug 2020
American tennis player ___ Williams who has won 4 Olympic gold medals
Roman goddess of love Irish Times Simplex 29 Jul 2020
Planet between Mercury and Earth
See eastern star rising — or planet
Evening star The Times Concise 19 Apr 2020
Roman counterpart of the Greek god Aphrodite
Solar system planet The Times Concise 25 Mar 2020
Tennis legend Williams USA Today 03 Mar 2020
Planet very close to earth, orbiting sun
Earth's neighbor Thomas Joseph 17 Dec 2019
Disarmed figure? The Washington Post Sunday 27 Oct 2019
Sister of Serena USA Today 04 Oct 2019
Tennis great Williams Eugene Sheffer 27 Sep 2019
What Galileo observed in 1610 The Washington Post Sunday 08 Sep 2019
Appellation associated with large net profits Newsday 07 Sep 2019
Where a single day lasts 243 Earth days The Washington Post Sunday 16 Jun 2019
Beautiful woman among seven usherettes The Sun Two Speed 12 Jun 2019
Planet The Sun Two Speed 12 Jun 2019
Goddess who's in heaven, usually
Planet between Mercury and Earth
Some parvenu swindled our neighbour! The Sun Two Speed 17 Mar 2019
Goddess of love The Sun Two Speed 17 Mar 2019
___ flytrap, carnivorous plant which uses two jaw-like leaves to capture insects
Sister of Serena
Archdeacon attending American Beauty
Planet between Mercury and Earth New York Times 06 Aug 2018
Sex goddess very exciting at first to students
Most of the stadium is sold initially by Roman goddess Irish Times Crosaire 30 Jun 2018
Botticelli subject Wall Street Journal 28 Apr 2018
Five English students getting the Morning Star
Nearby planet Universal 08 Feb 2018
Botticelli subject
Planet between Mercury and Earth
Nearby planet
'Evening star' planet The Sun Two Speed 01 Dec 2017
Planet appearing in heaven, usually The Sun Two Speed 01 Dec 2017
Second rock from the sun LA Times Daily 04 Jul 2017
Second rock from the sun The Washington Post 04 Jul 2017
Neighbor of Earth Newsday 06 Jun 2017
Concert halls in which Electronic cancelled second appearance
Most of the site is sold initially by Roman lover Irish Times Crosaire 18 Feb 2017
Second rock from the sun
Planet The Telegraph Quick 20 Oct 2016
Big name in pro tennis Newsday 20 Oct 2016
Yet a non-starter, American Beauty
Goddess of certain vessels, you could say The Times Cryptic 17 May 2016
Goddess of certain vessels, you could say
Hot planet Premier Sunday 28 Feb 2016
Morning star The Telegraph Quick 07 Feb 2016
Most of the ground is sold initially by Roman lover Irish Times Crosaire 02 Jan 2016
Roman goddess in heaven usually The Sun Two Speed 29 Dec 2015
Planet nearest to Earth The Sun Two Speed 29 Dec 2015
Most of the stadium is sold initially by Roman lover Irish Times Crosaire 30 May 2015
Roman goddess The Telegraph Quick 19 Apr 2015
Earth's neighbor USA Today 28 Jan 2015
Earth's neighbor
Big name in pro tennis
What Magellan mapped
Earth neighbor
Target of the Magellan probe
Neighbor of Earth
One of the planets
Goddess of love
Moonless planet
Planet between Earth and Mercury
*"The Bringer of Peace"
Planet with the most circular orbit
The Magellan spacecraft mapped it
Evening star
*2006
Evening star
Second-brightest object in the night sky
*2006
Mythological subject for Titian and Botticelli
Tennis star Williams
Magellan visited it
Serena's frequent doubles partner
EPILOGUE: Band member: Where can we possibly go where they won't find us? T: I'm thinking __ (Frankie Avalon)
EPILOGUE: Band member: Where can we possibly go where they won't find us? T: I'm thinking __ (Frankie Avalon)
"Magellan" mapped it
Serena's rival
Planet with the most circular orbit
Performance by an actor in a leading role: 25-Down in "___"
Morning star, often
Planet with a nearly circular orbit
Planet with a nearly circular orbit
1986 Bananarama chart-topper
First name among tennis stars
Earth neighbor
Mariner's first destination
Mariner's first destination
Moonless planet
Goddess of love
First name in tennis
Aphrodite's companion
First name in tennis
Bright shiner
Serena's sister
Second planet from the sun
The second planet
First name in tennis
Botticelli subject
Earth's neighbor
Serena's sister
Second rock from the Sun
Billboard chart topper for Frankie Avalon in 1959
Magellan destination
Brightest planet
Neighboring planet
Ishtar Terra's home
See 123-Across
Tennis star Williams
Morning Star
Botticelli's "The Birth of ___"
Neighbor of Earth
1959 Frankie Avalon hit
Ruler of Taurus and Libra, in astrology
She s unarmed
Love personified
Star impersonator?
Flytrap's namesake
Symbol of love, in Heaven usually
Love goddess
Moonless planet
Aphrodite's equivalent
Williams of tennis
Goddess of beauty
Bright planet
She's unarmed
Botticelli subject
Titian's "_____ and Cupid"
The evening star
Classic beauty
Kind of fly trap
Planet second nearest to the sun
Mercury's neighbor
Morning star
Mother of Aeneas
Roman Aphrodite
Find on Milo
She was mad abut Adonis
Stunning woman
Target of the Pioneer
Orb between Mercury and Earth
Planet
Vulcan's wife.
Roman goddess.
Planet between Mercury and the earth.
Hesperus.
The most brilliant planet.
One of the space probes.
Planet.
NASA target.
Louvre lady
Beauty.
"Hellhole" in space.
One subject of space research.
Evening star.
A very beautiful woman.
Character in "Tannhäuser."
Site of recent space probe.
Planet with no satellite.
Lucifer or Hesperus.
Heavenly body.
Character in "Our Mutual Friend."
Brilliant planet.
Between Earth and Mercury.
Character in "Tannhauser."
Mother of Aeneas.
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