unknown

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. incognito, unrecognized, unperceived, unfamiliar. See obscurity, latency.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Not known; said of information ]

Syn. uncomprehended, unapprehended, undiscovered, untold, unexplained, unascertained, uninvestigated, unexplored, unheard of, unperceived, concealed, hidden, unrevealed.

Ant. known*, established, understood.

2. [Not known; said of people ]

Syn. alien, unfamiliar, not introduced, unheard of, obscure, foreign, strange, unacknowledged, anonymous, unnamed, ostracized, outcast, friendless, private, retired, aloof, out of the world, rusticated, forgotten.

3. [Not known; said of terrain ]

Syn. unexplored, far-off, remote, far, distant, foreign, undiscovered, exotic, hyperborean, transoceanic, transmarine, ultramontane, antipodal, at the far corners of the earth, faraway, at the uttermost ends of the earth, in parts unknown, outlandish, unheard-of, unfrequented, untraveled, desolate, desert, unvisited, legendary, strange, Atlantean.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

mysterious, undiscovered, hidden, secret, obscure, unrecognized, undetermined, unidentified, anonymous, unnamed, unexplored, uncharted, unfamiliar, unheard-of, strange, foreign, alien, dark.

ANT.: known, famous, celebrated, familiar

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Not known or not widely known by name: nameless, obscure, unheard-of. See KNOWLEDGE.