Collocation Dictionary

Try "happy" or "love"

Searching for...

No matching words found

Try a different search term or browse the dictionary

Common collocations with unknown in American Collocation

unknown adjective

US /ʌnˈnoʊn/

completely

completely
entirely
quite
totally
utterly
wholly

Most of the names were completely unknown to me.

mainly

largely
mostly

The longer-term risks of the drug are still largely unknown.

compared to others

comparatively
relatively

Eric Bana, best known as The Hulk, leads the relatively unknown cast.

almost

almost
practically
virtually

As the twentieth century began, Antarctica had been barely visited and was virtually unknown.

with time expressions

as yet
currently
hitherto
presently
previously
still

This enabled cotton output to be increased to levels as yet unknown.

except for one fact

otherwise

An unusual edition of Euclid was published in 1847 in England, edited by an otherwise unknown mathematician named Oliver Byrne.

be
remain

Other possible causes of the disease remain unknown.