| a. | 1. | Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; |
| Adj. | 1. | anonymous - having no known name or identity or known source; "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift" Synonyms: anon. Antonyms: onymous - bearing a name; "articles in magazines are usually onymous" |
| 2. | anonymous - not known or lacking marked individuality; "brown anonymous houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service" |
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.
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sequestered, unacknowledged, undefined, undesignated, unidentified, unknown, unnamed, unrecognized, unspecified, withdrawn, without a name