English Explanatory Dictionary

anonymous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
  2. Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.
  3. Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
  4. Lacking individuality.
name
  1. A decentralized hacktivist group that conducts cyberattacks opposing primarily Internet censorship and government corruption.
  2. A member of an anonymous imageboard website, especially of 4chan.
  3. The members of an anonymous imageboard website, especially of 4chan.

Pronunciation

/əˈnɒn.ə.məs/ /əˈnɑ.nə.məs/ en-us-anonymous.ogg /əˈnɔn.ə.məs/

Word forms

anonymous more anonymous most anonymous

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.

Synonyms

nameless on the merits unidentified unknown unnamed faceless

Antonyms

onymous autonymous orthonymous

Related words

anomia anonymal anonymity anonymize anonymosity pseudonymous John Doe unknown

Derived words

anon anonym anonymous class anonymouse anonymously anonymousness anonymous pipe anonymous proxy anonymous sculpture nonanonymous
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