Definitions for anonymous
əˈnɒn ə məsanony·mous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anonymous, anon.adjective

   having no known name or identity or known source

   "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift"

2. anonymousadjective

   not known or lacking marked individuality

   "brown anonymous houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. anonymousadjective

   Lacking a name; not named and determined, as an animal not assigned to any species.

2. anonymousadjective

   Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible, as that of author, contributor, or the like.

   an anonymous pamphlet; an anonymous subscription.

3. anonymousadjective

   Of unknown name; whose name is withheld

   an anonymous author; an anonymous benefactor.

4. anonymousadjective

   Lacking individuality.

   an anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate

5. Etymology: Borrowed into English around 1600 from anonymus, from ἀνώνυμος, from ἀν- + ὄνυμα, Aeolic dialectal form of ὄνομα.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Anonymousadjective

   Wanting a name.

   Etymology: ἀ priv. and ὄνομα.

   These animalcules serve also for food to another anonymous insect of the waters. John Ray, on the Creation.

   They would forthwith publish slanders unpunished, the authors being anonymous, the immediate publishers thereof sculking. Notes on the Dunciad.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Anonymousadjective

   nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter

2. Etymology: [Gr. without name; 'an priv. + , Eol. for name. See Name.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Anonymous

   "Anonymous" is the second single from Bobby Valentino's second album, Special Occasion The song features and was produced by Timbaland.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Anonymous

   an-on′im-us, adj. wanting a name: not having the name of the author, as distinguished from pseudonymous, when another than his real name has been given.—ns. An′onym, a person whose name is not given: a pseudonym; Anonym′ity, the quality or state of being anonymous.—adv. Anon′ymously. [Gr. anōnymos—a, an, neg., and onoma, name.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ANONYMOUS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Anonymous is ranked #131379 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Anonymous surname appeared 129 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Anonymous.
   
   78.2% or 101 total occurrences were White.
   5.4% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.
   5.4% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   4.6% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'anonymous' in Adjectives Frequency: #930

Anagrams for anonymous »

1. monyanous

How to pronounce anonymous?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of anonymous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of anonymous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of anonymous in a Sentence

1. Ryan Carter:

   It’s so hard to tell when someone says this is anonymous or not when it’s up to them to choose whether your information is confidential or not.

2. Chief Executive Yusuf Alireza:

   There is nothing in terms of our results that were impacted in anyway by any anonymous report that was released.

3. Jacob Ellenhorn:

   It said it was anonymous, but at the same time, they were keeping track of whether I was answering or not, because I wouldn’t be able to take classes or graduate without completing it, asking about my sexual history made me uncomfortable.

4. Bill Belichick:

   Tying this in with a couple of things from last week or earlier in the week, I just think overall, it’s kind of sad, really, to see some stories written that obviously have an agenda to them with misinformation and anonymous-type comments, writing about warm drinks and trash cans and stuff like that. I think it's just a sad commentary and it’s gone to a pretty low level. Sunk pretty deep.

5. Davene Wright:

   Someone who recognizes that their child is overweight may not be willing to say so, even in an anonymous survey, part of the problem may be that parents are worried about being labeled ` bad parents. ’ Additionally, parents of overweight children may hope that their child will ` grow out of it ’ or that their height will catch up to their weight.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=anonymous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Anonymous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=anonymous
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anonymous
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=anonymous
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=anonymous
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html