PHOEBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phoebe mean? 

• PHOEBE (noun)
  The noun PHOEBE has 3 senses:

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

2. (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon

3. small dun-colored North American flycatcher

  Familiarity information: PHOEBE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHOEBE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

5; cinque; fin; five; fivesome; Little Phoebe; pentad; Phoebe; quint; quintet; quintuplet; V

Hypernyms ("Phoebe" is a kind of...):

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Titaness ((Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small dun-colored North American flycatcher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

phoebe; phoebe bird; Sayornis phoebe

Hypernyms ("phoebe" is a kind of...):

flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)

Holonyms ("phoebe" is a member of...):

genus Sayornis; Sayornis (phoebes)