unknowns
Algebra's sought values
Unknowns are things or people that are not known or identified.
In mathematics, an unknown is a quantity to be determined: Solve for the unknown.
In broader contexts, unknowns are unpredictable factors: There are too many unknowns to make a decision.
An unknown is also a person who hasn't achieved recognition: The director cast an unknown in the lead role.
Solving aid
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- whodunitCrime fiction identifying perpetrator
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
sleuth · intrigue · secrets · twist · alibi · evidence · hunch · investigation
Puzzling question to solve
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- cipherHidden writing system
secret · cryptic · inscrutable · arcane · esoteric · sphinx · oracle · labyrinth
Possibility of harm
- doubtLack of firm belief
- variabilityTendency to change
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
indeterminacy · randomness · volatility · fluctuation · probability · chance · speculation · conjecture
Commitment to act
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- untappedNot yet utilized
- unrealizedNot made actual
dormant · latent · nascent · emerging · budding · fledgling · undiscovered · unproven
clue
Solving aid
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- whodunitCrime fiction identifying perpetrator
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
suspense · sleuth · intrigue · secrets · twist · alibi · evidence · hunch · investigation · case
riddle
Puzzling question to solve
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
cipher · secret · cryptic · inscrutable · arcane · esoteric · sphinx · oracle · labyrinth · brainteaser
risk
Possibility of harm
- doubtLack of firm belief
- variabilityTendency to change
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
ambiguity · indeterminacy · randomness · volatility · fluctuation · probability · chance · speculation · conjecture · vagueness
promise
Commitment to act
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- untappedNot yet utilized
unrealized · dormant · latent · nascent · emerging · budding · fledgling · undiscovered · unproven · untested
- unpredictablessurprises, chance, randomness, uncertainty, unpredictables
- algebravariables, equations, equation, polynomials, algebraic equations
- Nobodiesnobodies, nonentities, zeroes, ciphers, invisible people
- mysteriesmystery, enigma, enigmas, puzzle, riddle
- What Could Happenoutcomes, scenarios, possibilities, probabilities, hypotheticals
- Unknown Identitiesstrangers, Jane Doe, John Doe, anonymous, incognito
unknownscelebrities
Well-known public figures
stars · famous people · notables · household names · luminaries
unknownsconstants
Unchanging fixed values
knowns · known quantities · certainties · givens · parameters
- the unknownWhat hasn't been discovered
- fear of the unknownDread of unfamiliar things
- unknown callerUnidentified person phoning you
- the great unknownUndiscovered or unknowable realm
- unknown numberQuantity not yet identified
- unknown quantityUndetermined value or factor
unknown, unknowing, unknowingly, unknowledgeable, unknowability, unknowables