evening star

noun

1. a bright planet seen in the western sky at or soon after sunset, especially Venus.

2. any planet that rises before midnight.

evening star

noun

1. a planet, usually Venus, seen just after sunset during the time that the planet is east of the sun Compare morning star

Word History and Origins

Origin of evening star¹

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

The museum wants to establish O’Keeffe’s modernist bona fides by defining her penchant for repeating images — landscapes, flowers, West Texas canyons, portraits, female nudes, evening stars — as a “serial practice.”

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At greatest western elongation, it appears to be a morning star, rising well before the sun does, and at greatest eastern elongation, it’s an evening star, setting late.

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He said he returned to a “life of sin,” until he was intoxicated at a church and remembered seeing a light from an evening star.

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Eager sky watchers are turning to the heavens as Comet NEOWISE, one of the brightest comets in a generation, starts climbing ever higher among the evening stars.

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Whether it’s a stray bill, an uncommon silver coin or a common copper penny, they’re all good for a wish — like an evening star or a new moon.

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