NAMELESS Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

nameless

adjective

ˈnām-ləs

as in unnamed

not named or identified by a name the victim of the crime will remain nameless to protect his privacy those nameless editors who write the synopses for TV shows in the newspaper

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as in incredible

beyond the power to describe was seized with a nameless, vague fear that made her seek the companionship of another person

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as in unknown

not widely known a nameless poet who has just been rediscovered by devotees of love poems

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Recent Examples of nameless There may be a creative ceiling to watching scores of nameless inmates get inventively eviscerated, but thanks to its 11-minute segments, the ultraviolent comedy flies by. —

Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026 The notorious Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo, was busted, due in large part to investigative genetic genealogy, a modern detective tool that helps police identify nameless victims and suspects by first identifying their relatives. —

Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026 The real threat to Americans is our headlong rush toward normalizing blatant murder, whether that be of nameless occupants of motorboats in the Caribbean, schoolgirls in Iran or United States citizens in the streets of Minneapolis. —

Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 As the play’s nameless protagonist, Radcliffe has the difficult task of being both its emotional engine and its conductor, leading the laypeople through their cues. —

Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nameless

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The lawsuit names the city of Boise, the Boise Fire Department, and also contains unnamed entities or people as defendants, including John and Jane Does.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2026
Four people, including a child, were killed in an attack on the central Russian city of Ryazan on Friday, damaging high-rise apartment buildings and hitting an unnamed industrial enterprise, the regional governor said.

— Reuters, NBC news, 15 May 2026