anonymous

See also: Anonymous

English

Etymology

Borrowed into English around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (anṓnumos, “without name”), from ᾰ̓ν- (an-, “un-”) with ὄνῠμᾰ (ónuma), Aeolic and Doric dialectal form of ὄνομᾰ (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈnɒnəməs/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒnəməs

Adjective

anonymous (comparative more anonymous, superlative most anonymous)

(not comparable) Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species.
Synonym: nameless
(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible
an anonymous pamphlet

an anonymous subscription

anonymous author
(not comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
Synonyms: unidentified, unknown, unnamed

an anonymous author

an anonymous benefactor
- 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:
  The shift in the balance of power online has allowed anyone to publish to the world, from dispirited teenagers in south London to an anonymous cyber-dissident in a Middle East autocracy.
No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
(comparable, figurative) Lacking individuality.
an anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate

Synonym: faceless

Synonyms

(without consideration of prestige or background): on the merits

Antonyms

onymous

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

wanting a name, not named and determined

Arabic: مَجْهُول (majhūl)
Assamese: নিনাও (ninaü)
Belarusian: анані́мны (ananímny), бязыме́нны (bjazymjénny)
Breton: dizanv (br)
Bulgarian: бези́менен (bg) (bezímenen), анони́мен (bg) (anonímen)
Catalan: anònim (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無名／无名 (zh) (wúmíng), 无名 (zh) (wúmíng), 匿名 (zh) (nìmíng)
Czech: bezejmenný (cs) m
Danish: anonym, ukendt (da)
Dutch: naamloos (nl), onbenoemd (nl)
Esperanto: anonima
Faroese: ónevndur
Finnish: nimetön (fi)
French: anonyme (fr)
Galician: anónimo m
German: namenlos (de)
Greek: ανώνυμος (el) (anónymos)
Ancient: ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos)
Hindi: अनाम (hi) (anām), अज्ञात (hi) (agyāt)
Hungarian: névtelen (hu)
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Japanese: 無名 (ja) (むめいの, mumei no), 匿名の (ja) (とくめいの, tokumei no)
Korean: 익명의 (ko) (ingmyeong'ui), 무명 (ko) (mumyeong)
Lithuanian: bevardis
Macedonian: анонимен (anonimen)
Manx: neuennymagh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: anonym (no)
Polish: bezimienny (pl) m, anonimowy (pl)
Portuguese: anónimo (pt) (Portugal), anônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Romanian: anonim (ro)
Russian: анони́мный (ru) (anonímnyj), безымя́нный (ru) (bezymjánnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: gun urrainn
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̏нонӣман

Roman: ȁnonīman (sh)
Slovak: bezmenný
Slovene: anonimen
Spanish: anónimo (es)
Swedish: anonym (sv), okänd (sv)
Turkish: isimsiz (tr), adsız (tr)
Ukrainian: аноні́мний (uk) (anonímnyj), безіме́нний (uk) (beziménnyj)
Welsh: dienw (cy), anhysbys (cy)

without any name (of responsible agent) acknowledged

Albanian: paemër (sq)
Belarusian: безыме́нны (bjezymjénny), безназо́ўны (bjeznazóŭny)
Bulgarian: анони́мен (bg) (anonímen)
Catalan: anònim (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 佚名 (zh) (yìmíng)
Czech: anonymní (cs)
Danish: anonym
Dutch: naamloos (nl), anoniem (nl)
Esperanto: anonima, sennoma
Finnish: nimetön (fi)
French: anonyme (fr)
German: anonym (de)
Greek: ανώνυμος (el) (anónymos)
Hebrew: אַלְמוֹנִי (he) m (almoní), אנונימי (anoními)
Interlingua: anonyme
Italian: anonimo (it)
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Lithuanian: bevardis
Manx: neuennymagh
Polish: anonimowy (pl), bezimienny (pl)
Portuguese: anónimo (pt), anônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Romanian: anonim (ro)
Russian: безымя́нный (ru) (bezymjánnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: gun urrainn
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̏нонӣман

Roman: ȁnonīman (sh)
Slovene: anonimen
Spanish: anónimo (es)
Swedish: anonym (sv)
Turkish: anonim (tr), isimsiz (tr), adsız (tr)
Ukrainian: безіме́нний (uk) (beziménnyj)
Vietnamese: vô danh (vi), ẩn danh, nặc danh (vi)
Welsh: dienw (cy)

of unknown name; whose name is withheld

Albanian: paemër (sq)
Arabic: مَجْهُول (majhūl)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: анони́мен (bg) (anonímen)
Catalan: anònim (ca)
Czech: anonymní (cs)
Danish: anonym
Dutch: naamloos (nl), anoniem (nl)
Esperanto: anonima, sennoma
Finnish: anonyymi (fi)
French: anonyme (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: anonym (de)
Greek: ανώνυμος (el) (anónymos)
Hungarian: névtelen (hu)
Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Interlingua: anonyme
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Italian: anonimo (it)
Lithuanian: bevardis
Malay: tidak bernama
Manx: neuennymagh
Polish: anonimowy (pl) m, bezimienny (pl)
Portuguese: anónimo (pt) (Portugal), anônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Romanian: anonim (ro)
Scottish Gaelic: gun urrainn
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̏нонӣман

Roman: ȁnonīman (sh)
Slovak: anonymný
Slovene: anonimen
Spanish: anónimo (es)
Swedish: anonym (sv), anonymiserad
Vietnamese: vô danh (vi), ẩn danh, nặc danh (vi), giấu tên

lacking individuality

Esperanto: anonima
Finnish: nimetön (fi)
French: anonyme (fr) m or f
Interlingua: anonyme
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Italian: anonimo (it)
Polish: anonimowy (pl), bezimienny (pl)
Portuguese: anónimo (pt), anônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Spanish: anónimo (es)

without consideration of prestige, title, rank or background

Esperanto: anonima
French: anonyme (fr) m or f
Interlingua: anonyme
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Italian: anonimo (it)
Portuguese: anónimo (pt), anônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Spanish: anónimo (es)

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Translations to be checked

Bengali: ^{(please verify)} অনামিকা (bn) (onamika)
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Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అనామిక (te) (anāmika)

References

“anonymous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“anonymous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.