anonymous
- 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.
Origin of anonymous
Related Words for anonymous
unidentified, unnamed, undisclosed, nameless, unsigned, incognito, pseudo, pseudonymous, secret, unspecified, X, innominate, unacknowledged, unattested, unavowed, unclaimed, uncredited, undesignated, whatchamacallitExamples from the Web for anonymous
Contemporary Examples of anonymous
If only Sulzberger had managed to keep a zipped upper lip while leaving the dirty work to anonymous underlings.
I wanted to be anonymous, as some of these people were friends of mine.
Liar "I sometimes wish I could be anonymous and just walk down the street like everybody else."
And an anonymous junior in a fraternity at Emory University feels similarly.
The return of Stephen Glass, the truth about Anonymous and escaping Jonestown.
Historical Examples of anonymous
Except Virgil and this anonymous rhymer, I can recall no verse about cheese.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
I received an anonymous letter, in a hand-writing I did not recognize.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
More than probably Lyttleton had been the other anonymous informant.
NobodyLouis Joseph Vance
The two had something written on them--anonymous information, so to speak.
NobodyLouis Joseph Vance
It is not certain now that the anonymous beginning had been a good thing.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
anonymous
- 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