no-names

plural of no-name

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-names
Noun
  • Despite the tragicomic instability and the rotating cast of nobodies temporarily tasked with running the country, when seen in macroeconomic terms, Peru appears to be doing just fine, thank you.
    Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
  • Seattle’s John Schneider and New England’s Eliot Wolf rose up from young nobodies to graduate from Green Bay Packers University, too.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Jupiter, by comparison, is as much as 35 times denser than these two lightweights.
    Marcia Dunn, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026
  • The card will also feature several other San Diego-area boxers, including super lightweights Daniel Morales (8-0, 5 KOs) and Angel Juan Estrada (12-1-1, 9 KOs).
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • These stinging insects are black with yellow or white bands and are bigger than bees and yellow jackets.
    Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • But Dumont wanted to look beyond insects to find out know how the spindle behaves in mammalian cells like ours.
    Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Congress’s lower chamber has always contained its share of mediocrities.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • These two 6-6 mediocrities are battling for first place in the AFC North.
    Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • All Dickens heroes are complete nonentities who know 217 wacky people.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The young whippersnappers in their nice Manhattan apartments see the COVID-19 pandemic as simply one more roadblock between them and hooking up.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • More, the coaches of the last three title-winning teams (Florida’s Todd Golden and Hurley) all come from the current crop of whippersnappers, as do the leaders of each 1-seed in this tourney.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
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“No-names.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-names. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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