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| Main Entry: | unknown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscure, mysterious |
| Synonyms: | alien, anonymous, concealed, dark, desolate, distant, exotic, far, faraway, foreign, hidden, humble, incognito, nameless, new, remote, secret, strange, uncharted, undistinguished, unexplored, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unidentified, unnamed, unsung, untold, X*, far-off, incog, little known, so-and-so, such-and-such, unapprehended, unascertained, uncelebrated, undiscovered, unexplained, unnoted, unperceived, unrecognized, unrenowned, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | familiar, known, identified |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dark horse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remote possibility |
| Synonyms: | also-ran, improbability, long shot, underdog, unknown, hundred-to-one shot, little chance, little opportunity, outside chance, outside shot, poor bet, poor lookout, poor possibility, poor prognosis, poor prospect, sleeper, slim chance, small chance, stalking horse, unexpected winner, unknown quantity, unlikelihood, unlikely winner, upsetter |
| Main Entry: | extinct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dead, obsolete |
| Synonyms: | archaic, asleep, bygone, cold*, deceased, defunct, departed, done for*, ended, fallen, gone, inactive, late, lifeless, lost, out, outmoded, passé, superseded, unknown, vanished, void, abolished, dead and gone, disappeared, doused, exanimate, exterminated, extinguished, no longer known, passed on, snuffed out, terminated, vanquished |
| Antonyms: | alive, existing, extant, living |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hidden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unseen, secret |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, clandestine, cloaked, close, concealed, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised, esoteric, hermetic, in the dark, indiscernible, invisible, latent, masked, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, private, recondite, secluded, shadowy, surreptitious, ulterior, undercover, underground, undisclosed, unknown, veiled, withheld, QT, buried, clouded, eclipsed, hermetical, imperceivable, out of view, screened, sequestered, shrouded, undetected, unexposed, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | bare, exhibited, exposed, open, out, showing, uncovered, seen |
| Main Entry: | incognito |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in disguise |
| Synonyms: | anonymous, bearded, camouflaged, concealed, disguised, hidden, isolated, masked, obscure, unknown, incog, masquerading, under assumed name, unrecognized |
| Antonyms: | known, openly, seen, unhidden |
| Main Entry: | indefinite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ambiguous, vague |
| Synonyms: | broad, confused, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, evasive, general, ill-defined, indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, inexhaustible, infinite, innumerable, intangible, loose, obscure, shadowy, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undependable, undetermined, unknown, unlimited, unsettled, unsure, wide, imprecise, indeterminable, unfixed, unspecific |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, distinct, sure |
| Main Entry: | mysterious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, concealed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arcane, baffling, cabalistic, covert, cryptic, curious, dark, difficult, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, magical, mystical, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, spiritual, strange, subjective, symbolic, transcendental, uncanny, unfathomable, unknown, unnatural, veiled, weird, alchemistic, astrological, enigmatical, mystifying, necromantic, sphinxlike, unknowable |
| Notes: | mysterious means of an obscure nature, while mystical means having a divine meaning that transcends human understanding |
| Antonyms: | apparent, known, obvious, plain, public, straightforward, tangible, unmysterious |
| Main Entry: | occult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious, secret; supernatural |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arcane, cabalistic, concealed, deep, eerie, esoteric, hermetic, hidden, invisible, magic, magical, mystic, mystical, obscure, preternatural, profound, psychic, recondite, unearthly, unknown, veiled, weird, acroamatic, orphic, transmundane, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | known, natural |
| Main Entry: | secret |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something kept hidden, unrevealed |
| Synonyms: | cipher, classified information, code, confidence, enigma, formula, key, mystery, occult, oracle, password, puzzle, unknown, confidential information, magic number, privileged information, skeleton in cupboard |
| Antonyms: | known, revelation, public knowledge |
| Main Entry: | stranger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unfamiliar |
| Synonyms: | alien, drifter, foreigner, guest, immigrant, interloper, intruder, migrant, newcomer, outsider, squatter, transient, unknown, visitor, wanderer, foreign body, incomer, itinerant person, migratory worker, new arrival, out-of-stater, outcomer, outlander, party crasher, perfect stranger, uninvited person, unknown person |
| Antonyms: | acquaintance, friend, local, native |
| Main Entry: | supernatural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious, not of this world |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, celestial, concealed, dark, fabulous, fairy, ghostly, heavenly, hidden, impenetrable, invisible, legendary, metaphysical, miraculous, mystic, mythical, obscure, occult, paranormal, phantom, phenomenal, preternatural, psychic, rare, secret, spectral, superhuman, superior, transcendental, uncanny, unearthly, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknown, unnatural, unusual, mythological, numinous, supermundane, superordinary, supranatural, uncomprehensible, unknowable, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | earthly, genuine, natural, real, true, existent |
| Main Entry: | unheard-of |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unique, obscure |
| Synonyms: | exceptional, inconceivable, nameless, new, novel, outlandish, preposterous, rare, shocking, singular, unbelievable, unfamiliar, unknown, unlikely, unprecedented, unsung, unusual, little-known, undiscovered, unrenowned |
| Antonyms: | familiar, normal, usual |
| Main Entry: | unidentified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
| Synonyms: | anonymous, mysterious, nameless, unfamiliar, unknown, unnamed, not known, pseudonymous, unclassified, unmarked, unrecognized, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | known, public, identified |
| Main Entry: | unsung |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncelebrated |
| Synonyms: | anonymous, forgotten, nameless, neglected, overlooked, undistinguished, unknown, unnamed, disregarded, unacclaimed, unacknowledged, unfamed, unglorified, unhailed, unhonored, unrecognized, unrenowned |
| Main Entry: | untold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very many; enormous |
| Synonyms: | countless, gigantic, hidden, huge, immense, incalculable, indescribable, innumerable, mammoth, manifold, many, mighty, monstrous, multiple, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, private, prodigious, staggering, titanic, uncounted, unexpressed, unimaginable, unknown, unspeakable, unthinkable, vast, beyond measure, inexpressible, innumerous, measureless, suppressed, uncountable, undreamed of, unnumberable, unnumbered |
| Antonyms: | few, little, small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | vague |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not definite or clear |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, amorphous, bleary, cloudy, dark, dim, doubtful, dreamlike, dubious, enigmatic, equivocal, faint, fuzzy, hazy, ill-defined, impalpable, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, lax, loose, misunderstood, muddy, nebulous, obscure, perplexing, problematic, puzzling, questionable, shadowy, superficial, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, undetermined, unintelligible, unknown, unsettled, unspecified, unsure, amphibological, bewildering, blurred, generalized, imprecise, unexplicit |
| Antonyms: | certain, clear, definite, sure |
| Main Entry: | great beyond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | life after death |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, hereafter, world beyond, next world, the beyond, the great unknown, the unknown |
| Main Entry: | world beyond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | next world |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, great beyond, hereafter, unknown, world to come |
| Main Entry: | foreign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | from another country, experience |
| Synonyms: | alien, alienated, antipodal, barbarian, barbaric, borrowed, different, distant, exotic, expatriate, external, extraneous, extrinsic, far, far-fetched, faraway, immigrant, imported, inaccessible, offshore, outlandish, outside, overseas, remote, strange, unaccustomed, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, adopted, derived, estranged, exiled, extralocal, far-off, from abroad, nonnative, nonresident, not domestic, not native, transoceanic |
| Antonyms: | local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | new |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recent, fresh |
| Synonyms: | advanced, au courant, contemporary, current, different, dissimilar, distinct, fashionable, inexperienced, late, latest, modern, modernistic, modish*, newfangled*, novel, now*, original, recent, spick-and-span*, state-of-the-art, strange, topical, ultramodern, unaccustomed, unfamiliar, unique, unknown, unlike, unseasoned, unskilled, unspoiled, untouched, untrained, untried, unused, unusual, up-to-date, virgin, youthful, brand-new, cutting-edge, dewy, just out, neoteric, uncontaminated, untrodden |
| Antonyms: | deteriorated, old, old-fashioned, outdated, worn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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