adonis meaning

UK US /əˈdɑnəs/ 3 syllables

adonis (noun): any handsome young man.

adonis has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

adonis as a noun

  1. any handsome young man

    Type of: man

  2. annual or perennial herbs

    Synonyms: genus Adonis

    Type of: magnoliid dicot genus

  3. (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone
    • when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite

    Type of: daemon

How to pronounce adonis

adonis is pronounced /əˈdɑnəs/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Scrabble score: 7 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AD · words ending in IS · 6-letter words

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