From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Anonymous \A*non"y*mous\, adjective [Gr. ? without name; 'an priv. + ?, Eol. for ? name. See {Name}.] Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: having no known name or identity or known source; "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift" [syn: {anon.}] [ant: {onymous}]
2: not known or lacking marked individuality; "brown anonymous houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "anonymous": closet, cryptonymic, cryptonymous, incognito, inmost, innermost, innominate, interior, intimate, inward, isolated, nameless, personal, private, privy, retired, secluded, sequestered, unacknowledged, undefined, undesignated, unidentified, unknown, unnamed, unrecognized, unspecified, withdrawn, without a name
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