anonymous

Meaning

1. (not-comparable) Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
2. (not-comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.
3. (not-comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
4. (comparable, figuratively) Lacking individuality.

Opposite of

autonymous, orthonymous

Synonyms

nameless

unnamed

unidentified

without a name

anon.

innominate

anon

unknown

impersonal

unsigned

incognito

author unknown

untitled

faceless

anonymal

regular

ring finger

run-of-the-mill

strange

trivial

unaddressed

uncomplicated

uneventful

unfamiliar

unremarkable

unsophisticated

unspectacular

usual

vanilla

annualry

lack of wisdom

run-of-the-mine

uncertain

ambiguous

anonym

anonymity

authorless

common

commonplace

familiar

habitual

ignorant

indistinct

obscure

ordinary

pseudonym

pseudonymous

Translations

anonyme

anonym

anónimo

anonimo

ανώνυμος

anônimo

anoniem

anónimo

naamloos

anònim

namenlos

ongenoemd

anonim

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈnɒn.ə.məs/

Etymology

Borrowed into English around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, “without name”), from ᾰ̓ν- (ăn-, “un-”) with ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă), Aeolic and Doric dialectal form of ὄνομᾰ (ónomă, “name”). English equivalent anonym + -ous, its full etymology being an- + -onym + -ous.