Definitions for anonymous

anonymous a·non·y·mous

Spelling: [uh-non-uh-muh s]
IPA: /əˈnɒn ə məs/

Anonymous is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 219 anagrams from letters in anonymous (amnnoosuy).

Definitions for anonymous

adjective

  1. without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like:
  2. of unknown name; whose name is withheld:
  3. lacking individuality, unique character, or distinction:

Origin of anonymous

1595-1605; Latin anōnymus Greek anṓnymos, equivalent to an- an-1 + -ōnym(a) (variant of ónyma) -onym (earlier (a)n- with vowel lengt

Examples for anonymous

It is not certain now that the anonymous beginning had been a good thing.

Except Virgil and this anonymous rhymer, I can recall no verse about cheese.

I wanted to be anonymous, as some of these people were friends of mine.

If only Sulzberger had managed to keep a zipped upper lip while leaving the dirty work to anonymous underlings.

And an anonymous junior in a fraternity at Emory University feels similarly.

I received an anonymous letter, in a hand-writing I did not recognize.

The two had something written on them--anonymous information, so to speak.

The return of Stephen Glass, the truth about anonymous and escaping Jonestown.

Liar "I sometimes wish I could be anonymous and just walk down the street like everybody else."

More than probably Lyttleton had been the other anonymous informant.

Word Value for anonymous
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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