Dictionary Definition

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"

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From ανώνυμος anonymos "without name", ἀν- an- + όνυμα onyma, Æolic dialectal form of όνομα onoma "name".

/əˈnɒnəməs/

anonymous

Wanting a name; not named and determined, as an animal not assigned to any species.
Without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: as, an anonymous pamphlet; an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous subscription.
Of unknown name; whose name is withheld: as, an anonymous author.

wanting a name

Without any name acknowledged

Of unknown name; whose name is withheld

Anonymous may refer to:

Anonymity, a person whose name and other personally identifiable information is not known.
- Anonymous work, art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author.
Anonymous IV, a 13th century English student of medieval music theory whose works are a major source for modern scholars of that era.
Rodney Anonymous, the stage name of Rodney Linderman, a Philadelphia musician and humorist.
Jayson Sherlock, a/k/a "Anonymous", the single musician for the band Horde.
Anonymous (group), the collective name of individuals that participate in certain online message boards, taken from the customary use of "anonymous" postings.
Anonymous (band), an Andorran band.
"Anonymous" (Bobby Valentino song), a 2007 single by Bobby Valentino.
"Anonymous" (Sleater-Kinney song), a song by Sleater-Kinney.
"Anonymous" (Spacehog song), a song by Spacehog.
Anonymous (album), the third album by supergroup Tomahawk.
"Anonymous" (CSI episode), a first season episode of TV crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Joe Klein, who used the pen name "Anonymous" while authoring Primary Colors.

Anonymus, the Latin spelling, may refer to: