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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having no known name or identity or known source;
- Example: "anonymous authors"
- Example: "anonymous donors"
- Example: "an anonymous gift"
[syn: anonymous, anon.]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anon \A*non"\, adv. [OE. anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), fr. AS. on in + [=a]n one. See On and One.] 1. Straightway; at once. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. --Matt. xiii. 20. [1913 Webster] 2. Soon; in a little while. [1913 Webster] As it shall better appear anon. --Stow. [1913 Webster] 3. At another time; then; again. [1913 Webster] Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Anon right, at once; right off. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Ever and anon, now and then; frequently; often. [1913 Webster] A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

anon. adj 1: having no known name or identity or known source; "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift" [syn: anonymous, anon.] [ant: onymous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "anon": after a time, after a while, afterward, afterwards, again, at another time, at that moment, at that time, before long, betimes, by and by, by destiny, directly, ere long, fatally, hopefully, imminently, in a moment, in a while, in aftertime, in due course, in due time, in that case, in the future, later, on that occasion, predictably, presently, probably, proximo, shortly, soon, then, thereat, tomorrow, when