anonym

Meaning

1. An anonymous person.
2. An assumed or false name.
3. A mere name; a name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis.

Opposite of

autonym, orthonym, alethonym, systematic name

Synonyms

pseudonym

pen name

nom de guerre

nom de plume

alias

anonymous author

anonymous

assumed name

Translations

anonimo

anonyme

pseudonimo

anónimo

Anonymus

pseudonyme

ανώνυμος

anonym

anónimo

anônimo

autor anónimo

alias

seudónimo

Etymology

Coined or borrowed around 1812, from French anonyme, from Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, “without name”).