English dictionary · adjective

anonymous

of unknown name or authorship

Meaning and definitions

1. of unknown name or authorship

Connected roots

• a-

  not, without (privative)

• -onym

  name

• -ous

  full of

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• numerous

  great in number; many

• atheist

  a person who disbelieves in the existence of God or gods

• acronym

  An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.

• apathy

  lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

• homogeneous

  of the same kind; uniform in composition

• synonym

  a word that means exactly or nearly the same as another

• pseudonym

  A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.

• heterogeneous

  diverse in character or content

• agnostic

  a person who believes that nothing is known of the existence of God

• amorphous

  without a clearly defined shape or form

• amorous

  showing or feeling sexual desire

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