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Antonyms for well-known


Grammar : Adj
Spell : wel-nohn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɛlˈnoʊn



Definition of well-known

Origin :
  • late 15c., from well (adv.) + past participle of know.
  • adj familiar, famous
Example sentences :
  • Eudora started, when she saw the well-known writing of Philæmon.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • It is a well-known fact that all living beings like to be comfortable.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • This is too well-known a truth for me to endeavor to conceal it, especially from you.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • For several years he had been cashier in a well-known banking-house.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
  • The well-known poem, beginning, "Guid morning to your Majesty."
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • These are not the well-known fields; this is not the brook of Towey, nor these hills of Clwyd.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • These are the results of the operation of well-known economic laws.
  • Extract from : « About sugar buying for Jobbers » by B. W. Dyer
  • "He looks exactly like some well-known clubman," exclaimed Mrs. Effie.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • What's the matter with a little drive to see some well-known objects of interest?
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • As is her well-known custom in thousands of acres of canvas.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells

Synonyms for well-known

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