Unknown meaning

What does “unknown” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“unknown” is a noun and adjective with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: an unknown and unexplored region.

unknown

noun

  1. an unknown and unexplored region

    “they came like angels out the unknown”

  2. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

  3. a variable whose values are solutions of an equation

adjective

  1. not known

    “an unknown amount”

    “an unknown island”

    Oppositesknown
  2. being or having an unknown or unnamed source

    “a poem by an unknown author”

    “corporations responsible to nameless owners”

  3. not known to exist

    “things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths”

  4. not famous or acclaimed

    “an obscure family”

    “unsung heroes of the war”

  5. not known before

    “used many strange words”

    “saw many strange faces in the crowd”

    Synonymsstrange

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University