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unknown
Overview of noun unknown
The noun unknown has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) unknown, unknown region, terra incognita -- (an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown")
2. stranger, alien, unknown -- (anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found)
3. unknown, unknown quantity -- (a variable whose values are solutions of an equation)
Overview of adj unknown
The adj unknown has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (16) unknown -- (not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source")
2. (2) nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed -- (being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor")
3. (1) unknown -- (not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from unsuspected depths in her"- Edith Wharton)
4. (1) obscure, unknown, unsung -- (not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war")
5. strange, unknown -- (not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun unknown
3 senses of unknown
Sense 1
unknown, unknown region, terra incognita
=> region
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
stranger, alien, unknown
=> intruder, interloper, trespasser
=> entrant
=> traveler, traveller
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
unknown, unknown quantity
=> variable
=> symbol
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun unknown
1 of 3 senses of unknown
Sense 2
stranger, alien, unknown
=> foreigner, outsider
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun unknown
3 senses of unknown
Sense 1
unknown, unknown region, terra incognita
=> region
Sense 2
stranger, alien, unknown
=> intruder, interloper, trespasser
Sense 3
unknown, unknown quantity
=> variable
Antonyms of noun unknown
Member Holonyms of noun unknown
Substance Holonyms of noun unknown
Part Holonyms of noun unknown
Member Meronyms of noun unknown
Substance Meronyms of noun unknown
Part Meronyms of noun unknown
Meronyms of noun unknown
Holonyms of noun unknown
Attributes of noun unknown
Derived Forms of noun unknown
Domain of noun unknown
Domain Terms of noun unknown
Familiarity of noun unknown
unknown used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun unknown
3 senses of unknown
Sense 1
unknown, unknown region, terra incognita
> region
=> area, country
=> backwater
=> breadbasket
=> theater of war, theatre of war
=> field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations
=> zone of interior
=> district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
=> domain, demesne, land
HAS INSTANCE=> Old World
HAS INSTANCE=> Far East
=> North, northland, Septentrion
=> South, southland
=> field
=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
=> biogeographical region
=> heartland
=> irredenta, irridenta
=> antipodes
=> unknown, unknown region, terra incognita
=> testing ground, laboratory
HAS INSTANCE=> West, Occident
Sense 2
stranger, alien, unknown
> intruder, interloper, trespasser
=> boarder
=> gatecrasher, crasher, unwelcome guest
=> infiltrator
=> invader, encroacher
=> penetrator
=> prowler, sneak, stalker
=> pusher, thruster
=> squatter
=> stranger, alien, unknown
Sense 3
unknown, unknown quantity
> variable
=> placeholder
=> unknown, unknown quantity
Meronyms of noun unknown
3 senses of unknown
Sense 2
stranger, alien, unknown
=> intruder, interloper, trespasser
=> entrant
=> traveler, traveller
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun unknown
Grep of noun unknown
unknown
unknown quantity
unknown region
unknown soldier
Antonyms of adj unknown
5 senses of unknown
Sense 1
unknown (vs. known)
known (vs. unknown)
=> best-known
=> better-known
=> celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned
=> identified
=> legendary
=> proverbial
=> well-known
Sense 2
nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed
INDIRECT (VIA anonymous) -> onymous
Sense 3
unknown
INDIRECT (VIA unsuspected) -> suspected
Sense 4
obscure, unknown, unsung
INDIRECT (VIA inglorious) -> glorious
Sense 5
strange, unknown
INDIRECT (VIA unfamiliar) -> familiar
Similarity of adj unknown
5 senses of unknown
Sense 1
unknown (vs. known)
=> chartless, uncharted, unmapped
=> little-known
=> unbeknown(predicate), unbeknownst(predicate)
=> undiagnosed
=> undiscovered, unexplored
=> unheard-of
=> unidentified
=> transcendent
Also See> inglorious#2, dishonorable#3; unacknowledged#1; unfamiliar#1
Sense 2
nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed
=> anonymous (vs. onymous), anon.
Sense 3
unknown
=> unsuspected (vs. suspected)
Sense 4
obscure, unknown, unsung
=> inglorious (vs. glorious), dishonorable
Sense 5
strange, unknown
=> unfamiliar (vs. familiar)
Pertainyms of adj unknown
Attributes of adj unknown
Domain of adj unknown
Domain Terms of adj unknown
Familiarity of adj unknown
unknown used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj unknown
unknown
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