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Definitions for Adonis
[1] Classical Mythology . a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
[2] a very handsome young man.
[3] Greek myth a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite. Killed by a wild boar, he was believed to spend part of the year in the underworld and part on earth, symbolizing the vegetative cycle
[4] a handsome young man
Words related to Adonis
vision, looker, enchanter, ornament, eyeful, stunner, charmer, dream, beaut, Venus, Apollo, dreamboat, good-looker, hunk, stud, beefcake
Origin of Adonis
1615–25 for def 2
Word origin for Adonis
C16: from Latin, via Greek Adōnis from Phoenician adōni my lord, a title of the god Tammuz; related to Hebrew Adonai
Synonyms for Adonis
vision, Apollo, Venus, beaut, charmer, dream, enchanter, eyeful, looker, ornament, stunner, dreamboat, good-looker, head turner