Antonyms for unknown

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-nohn

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈnoʊn

Definition of unknown

Origin : c.1300, "strange, unfamiliar" (of persons, places), from un- (1) "not" + past participle of know. Cf. Old English ungecnawen. In reference to facts, attested from early 14c. The noun meaning "unknown person" is recorded from 1590s.

adj obscure, mysterious

Example sentences :

A few years only back, every Carolinian rode to town, and the motor was unknown.
Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams

"And they come from a bitter heart," answered the unknown knight.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Then he was but a penniless, monk-bred lad, unknown and unfriended.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Like the Admirable Crichton, no art is to her unknown, no accomplishment by her neglected.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

It is merely a case of not liking him less, but of liking my unknown man more.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

What did these unknown forces above and around her wish to do with her as they floated in the air?
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Never had the voices of the Invisible unknown spoken so clearly.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

If a white man chose to appear thus in an unknown country, why not?
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

But how could they know of his whereabouts in this unknown country?
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

I shook my head, replying that her language was unknown to me.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

Synonyms for unknown

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