NAMELESS Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

nameless

adjective

ˈnām-ləs

Definition of nameless

as in unnamed

not named or identified by a name the victim of the crime will remain nameless to protect his privacy those nameless editors who write the synopses for TV shows in the newspaper

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as in incredible

beyond the power to describe was seized with a nameless, vague fear that made her seek the companionship of another person

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as in unknown

not widely known a nameless poet who has just been rediscovered by devotees of love poems

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Recent Examples of nameless Beginning Middle End starts with its nameless, newly single narrator, a Mexican writer living in New York, embarking on a monthslong European trip with her preteen daughter. — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 Photos shared on his Instagram documenting his love for ultra-rare Hermès pieces prove this is not the work of some nameless stylist, but a geniuine interest. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 10 July 2026 Read more Today, a memorial to that battle stands near Concord’s Old North Bridge, showing a nameless minuteman dropping his plow and picking up a musket. — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 20 June 2026 Although she's been around for more than two weeks now, the baby giraffe is still nameless! — Usa Today, USA Today, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for nameless

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nameless

Adjective

The sale is not yet finalized, Spain's El Economista newspaper reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, but it is said to be in its final phase, with a closing initially expected in September.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
That’s according to a Bloomberg story that cites unnamed sources familiar with the company’s financial figures.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of unnamed

Adjective

Spot an incredible variety of wildlife, including sea lions, sea otters, porpoises, bald eagles and puffins.

— Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
What excited us about the Daisy Chain Reaction was the opportunity to give Olivia Rodrigo’s incredible community of fans that extra invitation to take that first step.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of incredible

Adjective

The company first disclosed in July that during a cybersecurity exam, a combination of its AI agents with internal safeguards purposely lowered escaped their testing environment through a previously unknown bug.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Related Articles Attribution for the book had long been unknown until around two decades ago, when a connection was established with Rombout Uylenburgh, a Dutch painter who worked at the Polish royal court in Kraków, and his workshop.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of unknown

Adjective

The images were also shared with NamUs, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, which is a centralized repository and resource center for missing and unidentified person cases in the United States.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Christopher Caceres, 22, and an unidentified 16-year-old were taken into custody.

— Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of unidentified

Adjective

Mom and mental health advocate Meghan Cliffel wonders why others only seem concerned about the condition in the wake of an unspeakable tragedy.

— Deborah Becker, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Traces of fight ing, oppression, destruction and of the unspeakable horrors of genocide overlap and mingle.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of unspeakable

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In this series, Christopher Goffard revisits old crimes in Los Angeles and beyond, from the famous to the forgotten, the consequential to the obscure, diving into archives and the memories of those who were there.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Sure, there are way too many people asking for drawings of obscure anime characters that are nearly impossible to pull off with the bare-bones MS-Paint-like tool in two-and-a-half minutes.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of obscure

Adjective

London — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, POLITICO reported Monday, citing four anonymous officials.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
All three animators who spoke to USA TODAY asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation from others in the music industry and harassment online.

— Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of anonymous

Adjective

But even those procedures seem to speak to something ineffable about the cultures of the parties.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Gus Birney, Shulman’s real-life daughter, brings an ineffable lightness to Sarah Nell, the joyfulness and sweetness of the portrayal all the more wondrous before of all the darkness that surrounds it.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026