1
[ adjective ] having no known name or identity or known source

Synonyms

anon.

Examples

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

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

It was marked by controversy , anonymous midnight phone_calls and veiled threats of violence .

During the election campaign , both candidates , Davis and Bush , reportedly received anonymous telephone_calls .

Ordinary Williams said he , too , was subjected to anonymous calls soon after he scheduled the election .

Related terms

onymous nameless

2
[ adjective ] not known or lacking marked individuality

Examples

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

Used in print

(Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)

Moreover the centralization of our economy during the 1920 s , the dislocations of the Depression , the common ethos of Materialism everywhere , all contributed in various ways to the face-lifting that replaced Mike_Fink and the Great_Gatsby with the anonymous physiognomy of the Little_People .

Related terms

faceless

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