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Synonyms for unknown
ʌnˈnoʊnun·known
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
unknown
That is mysterious in the true sense which is beyond human comprehension, as the decrees of God or the origin of life. That is mystic or mystical which has associated with it some hidden or recondite meaning, especially of a religious kind; as, the mystic Babylon of the Apocalypse. That is dark which we can not personally see through, especially if sadly perplexing; as, a dark providence. That is secret which is intentionally hidden. Compare DARK.
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Synonyms:
abstruse, cabalistic, dark, enigmatical, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, recondite, secret, transcendental, unfathomable, unfathomed
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
unknown
Synonyms:
mysterious, hidden, obscure, unrecognized
Princeton's WordNet
unknown, unknown region, terra incognitanoun
an unknown and unexplored region
"they came like angels out the unknown"
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stranger, unknown quantity, terra incognita, unknown region, alienAntonyms:
illustrious, familiar, celebrated, notable, better-known, known, proverbial, noted, best-known, far-famed, onymous, legendary, identified, suspected, famed, well-known, famous, glorious, renownedstranger, alien, unknownnoun
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
Synonyms:
unknown region, extraterrestrial, stranger, terra incognita, unknown quantity, alien, noncitizen, outlander, extraterrestrial being, foreignerAntonyms:
illustrious, far-famed, noted, renowned, glorious, identified, known, better-known, well-known, suspected, legendary, proverbial, celebrated, familiar, famed, notable, best-known, famous, onymousunknown, unknown quantityadjective
a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
Synonyms:
stranger, unknown quantity, terra incognita, unknown region, alienAntonyms:
known, famed, illustrious, suspected, best-known, proverbial, onymous, legendary, famous, far-famed, celebrated, well-known, glorious, familiar, better-known, noted, identified, renowned, notableunknownadjective
not known
"an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"
Synonyms:
unidentified, strange, unnamed, unsung, obscure, namelessAntonyms:
legendary, notable, identified, better-known, proverbial, onymous, best-known, familiar, celebrated, suspected, renowned, famous, known, noted, far-famed, famed, glorious, illustrious, well-knownnameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamedadjective
being or having an unknown or unnamed source
"a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor"
Synonyms:
unidentified, strange, unnamed, unsung, obscure, namelessAntonyms:
celebrated, proverbial, noted, onymous, identified, best-known, known, renowned, better-known, well-known, notable, familiar, illustrious, legendary, glorious, far-famed, famous, suspected, famedunknownadjective
not known to exist
"things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths"
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unidentified, strange, unnamed, unsung, obscure, namelessAntonyms:
noted, famous, famed, best-known, known, well-known, celebrated, identified, far-famed, notable, suspected, onymous, illustrious, glorious, proverbial, familiar, better-known, legendary, renownedobscure, unknown, unsungadjective
not famous or acclaimed
"an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"
Synonyms:
unnoticeable, dark, hidden, obscure, unnamed, unvalued, strange, unidentified, apart(p), vague, isolated, unappreciated, nameless, unsungAntonyms:
famed, illustrious, best-known, well-known, notable, proverbial, celebrated, legendary, noted, famous, suspected, better-known, renowned, onymous, identified, glorious, familiar, far-famed, knownstrange, unknownadjective
not known before
"used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
Synonyms:
unusual, unnamed, unidentified, strange, obscure, foreign, nameless, unsungAntonyms:
noted, proverbial, best-known, glorious, better-known, notable, identified, well-known, famed, familiar, far-famed, legendary, celebrated, famous, suspected, renowned, illustrious, known, onymous
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Editors Contribution
anonymous
not known by name ,unidentified
i received an anonymous gift.
Submitted by Aya11115 on November 25, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unknownadjective
Synonyms:
unascertained, not knownunknownadjective
Synonyms:
mysterious, mystic, hidden, dark, enigmaticalunknownadjective
Synonyms:
without the knowledge ofunknownadjective
Synonyms:
obscure, undistinguished, nameless, unnoted, unhonored, renownless, inglorious
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unknownadjective
Synonyms:
obscure, inglorious, unrenowned, nameless, undistinguished, unascertained, unexplored, unapprehended, anonymous
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unknown":
unidentified, inconnu, stranger, unfamiliar, unknowns, unrecognized, uncharted, undetermined, undisclosed, known, little-known, indeterminate, unsung, unnamed, anonymous, unspecified, unheard, doe, uncertain, undiscovered
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#927 | known | |
#1188 | foreign | |
#1640 | dark | |
#1702 | unknown | |
#2440 | anonymous | |
#2600 | secret | |
#2936 | hidden | |
#3929 | strange | |
#5261 | unusual | |
#5966 | alien | |
#6462 | isolated | |
#7336 | doe | |
#9366 | stranger | |
#9735 | mysterious | |
#11666 | uncertain | |
#12400 | mystic | |
#13226 | unspecified | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#14437 | vague | |
#16852 | unidentified | |
#17474 | mystical | |
#18308 | unfamiliar | |
#18673 | unnamed | |
#18859 | occult | |
#27320 | foreigner | |
#28212 | undetermined | |
#29108 | undisclosed | |
#29533 | undiscovered | |
#31754 | nameless | |
#32019 | unrecognized | |
#32727 | unheard | |
#34567 | transcendental | |
#36208 | indeterminate | |
#37436 | unknowns | |
#38645 | extraterrestrial | |
#39077 | incomprehensible | |
#44761 | unsung | |
#44879 | inexplicable | |
#51764 | uncharted | |
#57491 | outlander | |
#66886 | inscrutable | |
#72084 | unfathomable | |
#101048 | unappreciated | |
#104209 | inconnu | |
#113745 | abstruse | |
#146622 | unnoticeable | |
#156380 | noncitizen | |
#188549 | recondite | |
#240750 | cabalistic |
How to use unknown in a sentence?
No officer wants to encounter these types of situations. It's always the unknown when we respond to calls and he did everything he could. He retreated. He ordered him to put the knives down, this appears to be possibly justified. We'll find out once the investigation moves forward but officers are put in these situations, and it's unfortunate.
The fact that she will be delivering this message as the senior U.S. official in Munich is unlikely to carry any extra weight, however, she is relatively unknown among allied leaders and diplomats who will gather in Munich.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan:
The magnitude of Turkey’s social earthquake is much greater than that of the tectonic one, there is a tug of war between the government and the opposition, and it seems that the winner is going to be unknown until the very end of the elections.
It was a Coen Brothers film, at the time, I was in the waiting room withCharlize TheronandLiv Tyler. And I thought, ‘Yeah, right, like I’m ever going to get this movie.’ But I wound up getting it and everyone was like, ‘Who’s this unknown girl who got the Coen Brothers film?’ Andit was me.
She has swabbed countless people at the clinic since, wondering if shes exposing herself to the virus. Like many of her colleagues working in the COVID-19 world, she takes every possible precaution ; she showers at work after her shift, trying to ensure that she doesnt expose her parents to anything. Her work clothes go immediately into the washing machine. I just feel like this is such an unknown, said Koplin, who plans to return to bobsled next fall assuming bobsled season happens. Theres so many uncertainties and Im like, I dont want to take any chances in the sense that Im dragging this super-contagious virus around my house. Bren Jensen can relate. Shes a COVID-19 survivor. Being a survivor is her specialty. She lost a leg in a lawn-mower accident as a child and went on to represent the U.S. in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Paralympics. She caught the virus, and a doctor that she shares an office with tested positive soon afterward. Theres no way of knowing how Bren Jensen got it or if she transmitted it to anyone else, but she was racked by guilt anyway. Ill be the first to admit that I was very skeptical, Bren Jensen said. Those first couple of weeks, I was even telling patients, Theres really not much to be concerned about unless you have underlying health issues or chronic lung disease. And then I came down with it and I realized how serious it was, because Im completely healthy and it took me down. She stayed down for three weeks, then returned to work. Her office has gone to whats called virtual visits, where patients are being seen remotely. Thats been a lifesaver just to keep everybody else calm, Bren Jensen said. Calmness is something Shannon Farrell has not found easily. Last week, she and another nurse held a mans hand as Shannon Farrell died, separated from Shannon Farrell family because of the threat of the virus. Easter dinner with her own family a couple days later was held outside, in a Wendys parking lot, social distancing practiced as they stood around their cars. The strangeness has been impossibly hard for Shannon Farrell to process. She knew as a high school junior, seven years ago, that this was her calling. But this may be beyond any worst-case scenario she envisioned. I helped to take care of my grandmother when she was sick with leukemia, and I remember liking that feeling of being helpful and making her feel more comfortable.
Translations for unknown
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- غير معروف, مجهولArabic
- desconegutCatalan, Valencian
- neznámýCzech
- ukendt, ubekendtDanish
- Unbekannter, unbekannt, UnbekannteGerman
- άγνωστοςGreek
- nekonataEsperanto
- incógnita, ignoto, desconocidoSpanish
- مجهولPersian
- tuntematonFinnish
- inconnue, inconnuFrench
- anaithnidIrish
- descoñecidoGalician
- अनजानHindi
- idegen, ismeretlenHungarian
- tak diketahuiIndonesian
- ókunnur, óþekktur, óþekkt stærðIcelandic
- sconosciuto, ignotoItalian
- לא ידועHebrew
- 未知, わからない, 知られざる, 名無しJapanese
- უცნობიGeorgian
- ಅಜ್ಞಾತKannada
- 알 수 없는Korean
- نهناسراوKurdish
- obscurus, ignotus, ignoratus, nescitus, incognitusLatin
- nepazīstams, svešsLatvian
- onbekend, ongeweten, ongekendDutch
- ukjentNorwegian
- nieznanyPolish
- desconhecido, desconhecidaPortuguese
- necunoscut, neștiut, obscurRomanian
- неизвестныйRussian
- непозната, nepoznataSerbo-Croatian
- neznanoSlovene
- panjohurAlbanian
- okändSwedish
- తెలియదుTelugu
- BilinmeyenTurkish
- אומבאַקאַנטYiddish
- 未知Chinese
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