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Thesaurus: nameless

Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star.

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  1. a. Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star.
  2. a. Undistinguished; not noted or famous.
  3. a. Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer.
  4. a. Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible.
  5. adj. being or having an unknown or unnamed source
  6. 1. Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. Waller. 2. Undistinguished; not noted or famous. A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte. 3. Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless pens." Atterbury. 4. Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible. But what it is, that is not yet known; what I can not name; nameless woe,I wot. Shak. I have a nameless horror of the man. Hawthorne.
  7. j:100 s. being or having an unknown or unnamed source