Anonymous \A*non"y*mous\, a. [Gr. ? without name; 'an priv. + ?,
   Eol. for ? name. See Name.]
   Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed
   authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous
   pamphlet or letter.
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	anonymous
    adj 1: having no known name or identity or known source;
           "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous
           gift" [syn: anonymous, anon.] [ant: onymous]
    2: not known or lacking marked individuality; "brown anonymous
       houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service"

	

	28 Moby Thesaurus words for "anonymous":
   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   unnamed, unrecognized, unspecified, withdrawn, without a name

	

	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.