Definition of ANONYMOUS

anonymous

Meanings

Adjective

  • having no known name or identity or known source
    • "anonymous authors"
    • "anonymous donors"
    • "an anonymous gift"

Adjective Satellite

  • not known or lacking marked individuality
    • "brown anonymous houses"
    • "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service"

Adj

  • Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
  • Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.
  • Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
  • Lacking individuality.

Origin / 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

anon., faceless, nameless, on the merits, unidentified, unknown, unnamed

Scrabble Score: 14

anonymous is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
anonymous is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
anonymous is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

anonymous is a valid Words With Friends word