nameless[adjective]Synonyms:- anonymous, unnamed, untitled
- unknown, incognito, obscure, undistinguished, unheard-of, unsung
- horrible, abominable, indescribable, unmentionable, unspeakable, unutterable
Antonyms: named
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
name‧less /ˈneɪmləs/
adjective [
Word Family: verb:
name,
rename;
adjective: named ≠
unnamed,
nameless;
noun:
name;
adverb:
namely]
1. who shall remain nameless spoken used when you want to say that someone has done something wrong but without mentioning their name, especially to criticize them in a friendly way:
A certain person, who shall remain nameless, forgot to lock the front door.2. [only before noun] a nameless person is someone whose name is not known:
the work of some nameless 13th-century writer3. [only before noun] a nameless thing does not have a name:
He lay still in his nameless grave.4. [only before noun] literary nameless emotions are very strong and difficult to describe in words:
He managed to calm her nameless fears.5. [only before noun] literary too terrible to name or describe:
nameless horrors [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲