anonymous
adjective /əˈnɒnɪməs/
/əˈnɑːnɪməs/
- (of a person) with a name that is not known or that is not made public
- an anonymous donor
- The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous.
- the largely anonymous perpetrators of terrorist acts
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- remain
- …
- completely
- entirely
- totally
- …
- prefer to remain anonymous
- wish to remain anonymous
- written, given, made, etc. by somebody who does not want their name to be known or made public
- an anonymous letter
- without any unusual or interesting features
- long stretches of dull and anonymous countryside
- new housing estates with their anonymous tower blocks and large barren spaces
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek anōnumos ‘nameless’ (from an- ‘without’ + onoma ‘name’) + -ous.