What does unbeknownst mean?
Unbeknownst means (followed by to) Without the knowledge of..
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/ˌʌnbɪˈnoʊnst/ · adjective
(followed by to) Without the knowledge of..
He went home early, unbeknownst to his mother.
Theon’s redemption scene convincingly threatens to kill him right there on the beaches of Dragonstone, dying for a good cause unbeknownst to anyone but the rapscallions who watched him die, but at last it swerves into something genuinely heroic.
Use unbeknownst when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unbeknownst means (followed by to) Without the knowledge of..
Common synonyms include unbeknown, unknown.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He went home early, unbeknownst to his mother.
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