unknown

Meaning

Adj

Not known; unidentified; not well known.

Noun

1. A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
2. Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
3. A person of no identity; a nonentity.

Verb

past participle of unknow

unknow

To undo the process of knowing, to lose knowledge of something.

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Opposite of

well-known, famous, known

Synonyms

unfamiliar

strange

obscure

stranger

unidentified

unacquainted

nameless

alien

👽

anonymous

unnamed

foreign

𐐲𐑌𐑌𐐬𐑌

insignificant

unsung

foreigner

new

🆕

unbeknown

x

❌

obscurity

unacknowledged

unknown quantity

unexplored

invisible

unknown region

unbeknownst

uncertain

undiscovered

unrecognized

unrevealed

mysterious

unheard-of

terra incognita

unimportant

unknowable

unobserved

unprecedented

unpredictable

unrecognised

unripe

unseen

unsigned

unspecified

unsuspected

unusual

unvisited

unwitnessed

visitant

weird

house guest

incognoscible

Translations

inconnu

desconocido

sconosciuto

unbekannt

desconhecido

onbekend

άγνωστος

desconegut

fremd

bilinmeyen

ignoto

Unbekannte

مجهول

inconnue

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌnˈnəʊn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *unknowen

Inherited from Old English: unġecnāwen

In summary

From Middle English *unknowen, *uniknowen, uniknowe, from Old English unġecnāwen (“unknown”), equivalent to un- + known.

Sentences

When she saw the unknown object bobbing up and down the edge , she was absolutely horrified .

The contruction of a new theme park is immediately halted for an unknown reason .