anonymous
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4.8
- adjective
- /əˈnɑːnɪməs/
:
anónimo
- It's just an anonymous room.
- anonymous masses
- feel anonymous
Again, willingness to kill hundreds of simply anonymous passengers on an aircraft and not jihadists at all.
- Again, willingness to kill hundreds of simply anonymous passengers on an aircraft and not jihadists at all.
- Your lips on my neck, your postmodern sexuality forlorn and anonymous.
- She wore a steep velvet Cape with a border of Manger and anonymous fur about a dress of purple silk.
Examples
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The office building is an anonymous and really ugly, very large structure of the 1960s.
Academic text (1992) -
The Fiat slowed suddenly and turned right into one of many anonymous side streets.
Fiction book (1991) -
We'll keep it a little bit more anonymous just because I want to.
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We think of them as anonymous.
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After all, there is no political power in anonymous acts, is there?
Fiction book (1990) -
When their actions are described, a stress is laid on uniform and anonymous behavior.
Academic text (1998) -
In a big town, you're anonymous.
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Participants clearly preferred on-demand responses to specific questions in an anonymous setting, such as an online forum.
Academic text (2015) -
A small town was no place for an individual who craved anonymous privacy, no place for a recluse.
Fiction book (1991) -
The artist chose to remain anonymous to focus solely on the message of their work.
Synonyms
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4.2
Not known or named
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2.3
Not known or named, often with no name given
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4.4
Not having a name mentioned or known
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4.4
A person or thing with no known name
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4.3
Having no mark or label to show who it belongs to
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5.9
A person or place with no features that make it stand out
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6.6
Cannot be found or connected to where it started
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6.6
Not easily seen or noticed
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6.9
Not easy to see or notice
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6.1
You cannot tell what something or someone is
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4.2
Not linked to a person and having no names or addresses
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A way to get files from an FTP server by logging in as a guest without a personal account
- Specialized
A way to share files over a network that lets people download without a password
How Distinctive
Surface Forms
Morphology
anonymous = an + onym + ous
While the affixal structure still signals 'not + name', this sense ('lacking distinctive features') is a semantic extension from 'without a name/identity' and may not be fully deducible by learners who do not know the combining form '-onym'.
Etymology
Anonymous came from an- 'not' and name, meaning 'without a name'. Because something with 'no name' does not stand out, anonymous can also mean 'ordinary' or 'not easy to notice'.