Definition of Nameless

1. Adjective. Being or having an unknown or unnamed source. "An unnamed donor"

Exact synonyms: Unidentified, Unknown, Unnamed
Similar to: Anon., Anonymous
Derivative terms: Namelessness

Definition of Nameless

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

Definition of Nameless

1. Adjective. Not having a name; unnamed. ¹

2. Adjective. Whose name is unknown; unidentified or obscure. ¹

3. Adjective. anonymous ¹

4. Adjective. Unable to be described or expressed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nameless

1. lacking distinction or fame [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nameless

namecheck
namechecked
namechecking
namechecks
named
named pipe
named pipes
named reporting
namedrop
namedropped
namedropper
namedroppers
namedropping
namedrops
nameko
nameless (current term)
nameless finger
namelessly
namelessness
namelessnesses
nameling
namelings
namely
nameplate
nameplates
namer
namers
names
namesake
namesakes

Literary usage of Nameless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poets and Poetry of America by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1856)
"THE nameless. COME fill, my merry friends, to-night. And let the winds unheeded blow, ... And I will pledge a cup to one Who shall be nameless here. ..."

2. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1906)
"Most of the distinguished literary men who lived I. When comparing the incomplete and in a simple style written articles in the "nameless Selection" with ..."

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