anonymous
[ uh-non-uh-muh s ]
/ əˈnɒn ə məs /
adjective
without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter to the editor; an anonymous donation.
of unknown name; whose name is withheld: an anonymous author.
lacking individuality, unique character, or distinction: an endless row of drab, anonymous houses.
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unidentified, unnamed, undisclosed, nameless, unsigned, incognito, pseudo, pseudonymous, secret, unspecified, X, innominate, unacknowledged, unattested, unavowed, unclaimed, uncredited, undesignated, whatchamacallit
Nearby words
- anon.,
- anonychia,
- anonym,
- anonymity,
- anonymize,
- anonymously,
- anopheles,
- anophthalmia,
- anopia,
- anopisthograph
Origin of anonymous
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anonymous
/ (əˈnɒnɪməs) /
adjective
from or by a person, author, etc, whose name is unknown or withheldan anonymous letter
having no known name
lacking individual characteristics; unexceptional
(often capital) denoting an organization which provides help to applicants who remain anonymousAlcoholics Anonymous
Word Origin for anonymous
C17: via Late Latin from Greek anōnumos, from an- + onoma name
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anonymous
c.1600, from Late Latin anonymus, from Greek anonymos "without a name," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + onyma, Æolic dialectal form of onoma "name" (see name (n.)).
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