Unbeknown

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unbeknown \Un`be*known"\, a.
     Not known; unknown. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  unbeknown
       adj : (usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the
             knowledge of; "a crisis unbeknown to me"; "she had been
             ill for months, unbeknownst to the family" [syn: {unbeknown(p)},
              {unbeknownst(p)}]
       adv : without someone's knowledge; "unbeknownst to me, she made
             all the arrangements" [syn: {unbeknownst}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "unbeknown":
     able, enigmatic, incalculable, incognizable, mysterious, puzzling,
     sealed, strange, unapparent, unapprehended, unascertained,
     uncharted, unclassified, undisclosed, undiscoverable, undiscovered,
     undivulged, unexplained, unexplored, unexposed, unfamiliar,
     unfathomed, unheard, unheard-of, unidentified, uninvestigated,
     unknowable, unknown, unperceived, unplumbed, unrevealed,
     unsuspected, untouched, virgin