Noun
- (n.) unknown, unknown region, terra incognita (an unknown and unexplored region) "they came like angels out the unknown"
- (n.) stranger, alien, unknown (anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found)
- (n.) unknown, unknown quantity (a variable whose values are solutions of an equation)
Adjective
- (adj.) unknown (not known) "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"
- (adj.) 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"
- (adj.) unknown (not known to exist) "things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths"
- (adj.) obscure, unknown, unsung (not famous or acclaimed) "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"
- (adj.) strange, unknown (not known before) "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
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