4 definitions
for Anonymous
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Anonymous \A*non"y*mous\, a. [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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
anonymous
adj 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 :
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unnamed, unrecognized, unspecified, withdrawn, without a name
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
ANONYMOUS. Without name. This word is applied to such.books, letters or
papers, which are published without the author's name. No man is bound to
publish his name in connexion with a book or paper he has published; but if
the publication is libellous, he is equally responsible as if his name were
published.
