ANONYMITIES Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

anonymity

noun

ˌa-nə-ˈni-mə-tē

Definition of anonymity

as in obscurity

the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown oddly enough we like the anonymity of being a part of an enormous crowd

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Recent Examples of anonymity The woman has a lifelong right to anonymity — Deadline refers to her as Complainant 3 (C3) — though she is being named in the court proceedings. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026 Platforms such as eBay, Vinted, Poshmark and Facebook Marketplace offer illicit operators’ anonymity, high traffic and fast transactions. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 The official spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation. — Haven Daley, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 Like Dominique Pelicot, the French man who used the online chat platform Coco to recruit men to rape his drugged and unconscious wife, the @SteveCumfulls of the world thrive on the internet’s reach and de-facto anonymity. — Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for anonymity

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Noun

Many voters thank him for pulling Serbia from economic obscurity and orchestrating a period of sustained modernisation including new highways, railways, schools and hospitals.

— Reuters, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026
In lieu of industry success, Hall spent large chunks of the past three decades living, performing, and otherwise working in obscurity in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and other parts of East Asia.

— Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of obscurity

Noun

De Palma’s sequence followed that moment with an eerie silence, the only sound that of the clanking empty bucket, before all hell breaks loose.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
There are years of desire, wilting in silence, or the frenzied rhythm of regret.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of silence

Noun

Today’s problem is hyperscalers spending themselves into oblivion, spreading inflation well beyond Silicon Valley and obscuring problems nearly everywhere else.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
How to talk about an episode that takes us to the brink of oblivion — Cal, what the hell, man?

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

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