Mercury

Sun's nearest neighbor

Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system and the closest to the sun, completing an orbit in just 88 Earth days.

In Roman mythology, Mercury was the messenger god, depicted with winged sandals and helmet, equivalent to the Greek Hermes.

The name also appears as a brand—most notably the Ford-owned automobile line produced from 1938 to 2011. (Lowercase mercury is the liquid metal.)

mythology

Hermes

Olympian messenger deity

trickster · Olympus · pantheon · gods · divinity · herald · commerce · thieves · eloquence · fleet-footed

planet

solar system

Star and orbiting bodies

Venus · astronomy · exosphere · magnetosphere · core · mantle · rotation · transit · innermost · scorched

speed

swift

Moving with speed

  • fleetVehicles under unified command
  • rapidMoving with haste
  • quickMoving with speed

agile · nimble · messenger · fleeting · darting

automobile

Lincoln

Midwestern state capital

  • FordMajor American automaker
  • SableVehicle brand name
  • MilanLombardy's capital city

Capri · Monterey · Marquis

name

vocalist

One who sings professionally

newspaper

Herald

Traditional newspaper title

  • TimesPeriods or newspaper
  • dailyPer diem, repeated
  • tabloidSensationalist newspaper format

broadsheet · journalism · publication · local · masthead

Categories
Opposites
planetary position

MercuryNeptune

Eighth planet or sea deity

Jupiter · Pluto · Uranus · Saturn · gas giants

elemental stability

Mercurypermanence

Quality of lasting indefinitely

solid · iron · lead · gold · tungsten

mythological domain

Mercurymortal

Subject to death

Saturn · human · tortoise · Pluto · Vesta

Phrases
Family

mercurial, mercuric

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G