anonymous
UK/əˈnɒn.ə.məs//əˈnɑ.nə.məs/
anonymous adjective: lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
Adjective
anonymous (comparative more anonymous, superlative most anonymous)
- Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
- Synonyms:
- nameless
- Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.
- an anonymous pamphlet
- an anonymous subscription
- Synonyms:
- on the merits
- Antonyms:
- autonymous, orthonymous
- Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
- an anonymous author
- an anonymous benefactor
- Synonyms:
- unidentified, unknown, unnamed
- Lacking individuality.
- an anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate
- Synonyms:
- faceless
Proper noun capitalized: Anonymous
Anonymous
- A decentralized hacktivist group that conducts cyberattacks opposing primarily Internet censorship and government corruption.
- A member of an anonymous imageboard website, especially of 4chan.
- The members of an anonymous imageboard website, especially of 4chan.
anonymous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
anonymous in Hindi
- wanting a name, not named and determined
- अनाम anām, अज्ञात agyāt, अनामक anāmak
anonymous in Tamil
- பெயரிலி, அடையாளம் தெரியாத பெயரிலா, முகவரியற்ற, மறைவான ஆள்
anonymous in Urdu
- anonymous
- گمنام gumnām, بےنامز bēnāmaz
anonymous in Bengali
- anonymous
- অনামিকা onamika, অজ্ঞাতনামা ojnatnama
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- anonymous in Malayalam
- അനാമിക anāmika, അജ്ഞാത ajñāta
- anonymous in Kannada
- ಹೆಸರಿಲ್ಲದ, ಅಜ್ಞಾತ ಕರ್ತೃತ್ವದ, ಬೇನಾಮಿ, ಅನಾಮಿಕ
- anonymous in Assamese
- নিনাও ninaü
- anonymous in Arabic
- مَجْهُول majhūl
- anonymous in Malay
- tidak bernama
- anonymous in Vietnamese
- vô danh, ẩn danh, nặc danh, giấu tên
Examples of anonymous in a sentence
- anonymous author or painter
- No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
- The shift in the balance of power online has allowed anyone to publish to the world, from dispirited teenagers in south London to an anonymous cyber-dissident in a Middle East autocracy.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian:
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Forms of anonymous
| comparative | more anonymous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most anonymous |
Origin of anonymous
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.
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Questions about anonymous
- What does anonymous mean?
- Anonymous means lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
- What is anonymous in Hindi?
- Anonymous in Hindi is अनाम (anām), अज्ञात (agyāt), अनामक (anāmak). See Anonymous meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use anonymous in a sentence?
- anonymous author or painter
- What part of speech is anonymous?
- Anonymous can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce anonymous?
- Anonymous is pronounced /əˈnɒn.ə.məs/ (UK).
Words near anonymous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anonymous (page history and authors); Anonymous (page history and authors); anonymous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بےنامز (Urdu) (page history and authors); অজ্ঞাতনামা (Bengali) (page history and authors); അജ്ഞാത (Malayalam) (page history and authors); anonymous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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