nameless
nameless is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 30 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Undistinguished; not noted or famous. A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte.
- 2.Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless pens." Atterbury.
- 3.Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible. But what it is, that is not yet known; what I can not name; nameless woe,I wot. Shak. I have a nameless horror of the man. Hawthorne.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alias
- anonymous
- assume
- assumed
- by-name
- call
- course
- having
- innominate
- miscall
- misname
- misnomer
- misterm
- name
- neologism
- nickname
- nom
- non
- plume
- pseudonym
- pseudonymous
- self
- sense
- so-called
- sobriquet
- soi-disant
- theatre
- title
- what
- without
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is nameless.
- What is undistinguished; not noted or famous. A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte called?
- What is not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless pens." Atterbury called?
- What is unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible. But what it is, that is not yet known; what I can not name; nameless woe,I wot. Shak. I have a nameless horror of the man. Hawthorne called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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