unknown

/ənnˈoʊn/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. not known
   “an unknown amount”
2. being or having an unknown or unnamed source
   “a poem by an unknown author”
3. not known to exist
   “things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths”
4. not famous or acclaimed
   “an obscure family”
5. not known before
   “used many strange words”

noun

1. an unknown and unexplored region
   “they came like angels out the unknown”
2. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
3. a variable whose values are solutions of an equation

Synonyms for unknown

• chartless
• little-known
• unbeknown
• undiagnosed
• undiscovered
• unheard-of
• unidentified
• nameless
• unnamed
• anonymous
• unsuspected
• obscure
• unsung
• inglorious
• strange
• unfamiliar
• unknown region
• terra incognita
• stranger
• alien
• unknown quantity

Antonyms of unknown

• known

Words that rhyme with unknown

• stone
• tone
• drone
• alone
• bone
• zone
• backbone
• cone
• throne
• baritone
• clone
• monotone
• phone
• cornerstone
• hone
• intone
• loan
• lone
• millstone
• roan
• telephone
• undertone
• anemone
• atone
• blown
• brownstone
• capstone
• chaperone
• cherrystone
• cobblestone