Name and Unknown

Name

Name adjective - Having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge.
Usage example: the university's physics department boasts a number of name physicists

Unknown is an antonym for name in topics: celebrity, fame, someone.

Nearby Words: named, nameless, naming

Unknown

Unknown adjective - Happening or existing without one's knowledge.

Name is an antonym for unknown.

Nearby Words: unknowable, unknowing

Both words in one sentence

  • Only One Name The name of Dante's father, Sparda, has occasionally been used in the context of a family name, but whether it really is is unknown.
    Source: Only One Name
  • Since Mordecai is a rare, but not unknown, first name in the US, the reader will probably assume that is the character's first name.
  • Midway through the third season, flashbacks confirmed that 'Harold' really is Finch's first name, but his last name remains unknown.
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