Unknown

Quick meaning: Unknown is an adjective meaning (sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.

Meaning

(sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.

More Meanings

1. (algebra) A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
2. Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
3. A person of no identity; a nonentity.
4. past participle of unknow

Example Sentences

Had God walked close beside her into the unknown?

How does it feel, / how does it feel? / To be on your own, / with no direction home / A complete unknown, / like a rolling stone

I suspect that this large and complex military railway system, shrouded in official secrecy for most of its operational life, remains unknown to many people.

As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say We know there are some things We do not know.

Word Forms

• unknowns

Synonyms for unknown

Depending on context, synonyms include ignote, strange, obscure, unascertained, unapprehended, undiscovered.

Antonyms for unknown

Common opposites include ascertained, familiar, known, recognizable, recognized, well-known.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unidentified, anonymous, unfamiliar, unheard-of, undiagnosed, unknowable.

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