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unknown
noun
1 unknown
An unknown and unexplored region:
— They came like angels out the unknown.
synonyms: terra incognita, unknown region.
Dutch: terra incognita
Polish: terra incognita
2 unknown
Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found.
synonyms: alien, stranger.
Dutch: onbekende, vreemde, vreemdeling
Polish: obcy
3 unknown
A variable whose values are solutions of an equation.
synonym: unknown quantity.
Dutch: onbekende
adjective
1 unknown
Not known.
Roget 491:
ignorant;
nescient;
unknowing,
unaware,
unacquainted,
unapprised,
unapprized†,
unwitting,
unweeting†,
unconscious;
witless,
weetless†;
a stranger to;
unconversant†.
uninformed,
uncultivated,
unversed,
uninstructed,
untaught,
uninitiated,
untutored,
unschooled,
misguided,
unenlightened;
Philistine;
behind the age.
shallow,
superficial,
green,
rude,
empty,
half-learned,
illiterate;
unread,
uninformed,
uneducated,
unlearned,
unlettered,
unbookish;
empty-headed,
dizzy,
wooly-headed;
pedantic;
in the dark;
benighted,
belated;
blinded,
blindfolded;
hoodwinked;
misinformed;
au bout de son latin,
at the end of his tether,
at fault;
at sea
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
caught tripping.
unknown,
unapprehended,
unexplained,
unascertained,
uninvestigated†,
unexplored,
unheard of,
not perceived;
concealed
etc.
528;
novel.
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Polish: obcy, nieznany, nieznajomy
2 unknown
Being or having an unknown or unnamed source:
— A poem by an unknown author.
synonyms: nameless, unidentified, unnamed.
Polish: bezimienny
3 unknown
4 unknown
Not famous or acclaimed.
synonyms: obscure, unsung.
Roget 526:
latent;
lurking
etc.
v.;
secret
etc.
528;
occult;
implied
etc.
v.;
dormant;
abeyant.
unapparent,
unknown,
unseen
etc.
441;
in the background;
invisible
etc.
447;
indiscoverable†,
dark;
impenetrable
etc.
(unintelligible)
519;
unspied†,
unsuspected.
unsaid,
unwritten,
unpublished,
unbreathed†,
untalked of†,
untold
etc.
527,
unsung,
unexposed,
unproclaimed†,
undisclosed
etc.
529,
unexpressed;
not expressed,
tacit.
undeveloped,
solved,
unexplained,
untraced†,
undiscovered
etc.
480.1,
untracked,
unexplored,
uninvented†.
indirect,
crooked,
inferential;
by inference,
by implication;
implicit;
constructive;
allusive,
covert,
muffled;
steganographic†;
understood,
underhand,
underground;
delitescent†,
concealed
etc.
528.
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5 unknown
Not known before:
— Don't let anyone unknown into the house.
synonym: strange.
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