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unanimous

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /juːˈnanɪməs/
  • US: /juˈnænəməs/
  • US: /juˈnænɪməs/
  • US: /əˈnænɪməs/
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  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ænɪməs
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW0 N AE1 N AH0 M AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The debate went on for hours, but in the end the decision was unanimous.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: solid

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Sharing the same views or opinions, and being in harmony or accord.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • We were unanimous: the President had to go.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

in complete agreement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a unanimous decision

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consentaneous, consentient

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

acting together as a single undiversified whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a solid voting bloc

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: solid, whole

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni- Proto-Indo-European *h2enh1- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h2enh1mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin ūnanimusder. English unanimous From Latin ūnanimus (“of one mind”), from ūnus (“one”) + animus (“mind”). Displaced native Old English ānmōd (literally “one-minded”).

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: միաձայն (miajayn) — based on unanimity
  • Azerbaijani: yekdil — based on unanimity
  • Belarusian: аднагало́сны (adnahalósny) — based on unanimity
  • Belarusian: аднаду́шны (adnadúšny) — based on unanimity
  • Bulgarian: единоду́шен (edinodúšen) — based on unanimity
  • Catalan: unànime — based on unanimity
  • Czech: jednohlasný — based on unanimity
  • Danish: enstemmig — based on unanimity
  • Dutch: unaniem — based on unanimity
  • Finnish: yksimielinen — based on unanimity
  • French: unanime — based on unanimity
  • Galician: unánime — based on unanimity
  • Georgian: ერთსულოვანი (ertsulovani) — based on unanimity
  • Georgian: ერთხმივი (ertxmivi) — based on unanimity
  • Georgian: ერთხმად მიღებული (ertxmad miɣebuli) — based on unanimity
  • German: einstimmig — based on unanimity
  • German: einmütig — based on unanimity
  • German: einhellig — based on unanimity
  • Greek: ομόφωνος (omófonos) — based on unanimity
  • Hungarian: egyhangú — based on unanimity
  • Hungarian: egyöntetű — based on unanimity
  • Hungarian: egybehangzó — based on unanimity
  • Indonesian: sepakat — based on unanimity
  • Indonesian: seia sekata — based on unanimity
  • Indonesian: mufakat — based on unanimity
  • Irish: d'aon ghuth — based on unanimity
  • Irish: comhaontach — based on unanimity
  • Irish: d'aon toil — based on unanimity
  • Irish: d'aontoil — based on unanimity
  • Italian: unanime — based on unanimity
  • Japanese: 全会一致 (zenkaiitchi) — based on unanimity
  • Korean: 만장일치 (manjang'ilchi) — based on unanimity
  • Latin: ūnanimus — based on unanimity
  • Macedonian: едногласен (ednoglasen) — based on unanimity
  • Manx: co-aignagh — based on unanimity
  • Norman: eunanînme — based on unanimity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: enstemmig — based on unanimity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: einstemmig — based on unanimity
  • Old English: ānmōd — based on unanimity
  • Pohnpeian: unsek — based on unanimity
  • Polish: jednogłośny — based on unanimity
  • Polish: jednomyślny — based on unanimity
  • Portuguese: unânime — based on unanimity
  • Romanian: unanim — based on unanimity
  • Russian: единогла́сный (jedinoglásnyj) — based on unanimity
  • Russian: единоду́шный (jedinodúšnyj) — based on unanimity
  • Scottish Gaelic: aon-ghuthach — based on unanimity
  • Serbo-Croatian: једно̀гласан — based on unanimity
  • Serbo-Croatian: једно̀душан — based on unanimity
  • Serbo-Croatian: jednòglasan — based on unanimity
  • Serbo-Croatian: jednòdušan — based on unanimity
  • Slovak: jednomyseľný — based on unanimity
  • Slovene: soglasen — based on unanimity
  • Spanish: unánime — based on unanimity
  • Swedish: samstämmig — based on unanimity
  • Swedish: enig — based on unanimity
  • Telugu: ఏకగ్రీవము (ēkagrīvamu) — based on unanimity
  • Ukrainian: одноголо́сний (odnoholósnyj) — based on unanimity
  • Ukrainian: односта́йний (odnostájnyj) — based on unanimity
  • Ukrainian: одноду́мний (odnodúmnyj) — based on unanimity
  • Ukrainian: одноду́шний (odnodúšnyj) — based on unanimity
  • Vietnamese: nhất trí — based on unanimity
  • Welsh: unfrydol — based on unanimity
  • Armenian: միաբան (miaban) — sharing the same view
  • Belarusian: аднаду́шны (adnadúšny) — sharing the same view
  • Bulgarian: единоду́шен (edinodúšen) — sharing the same view
  • Catalan: unànime — sharing the same view
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一致 (yīzhì) — sharing the same view
  • Czech: jednomyslný — sharing the same view
  • Danish: enig — sharing the same view
  • Dutch: eensgezind — sharing the same view
  • Esperanto: unuvoĉa — sharing the same view
  • Finnish: yksimielinen — sharing the same view
  • French: unanime — sharing the same view
  • Galician: unánime — sharing the same view
  • German: einig — sharing the same view
  • German: einsgesinnt — sharing the same view
  • German: einer Meinung — sharing the same view
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (gawiljis) — sharing the same view
  • Hungarian: egyetértő — sharing the same view
  • Hungarian: azonos véleményen/nézeten lévő — sharing the same view
  • Indonesian: sependapat — sharing the same view
  • Latin: ūnanimus — sharing the same view
  • Manx: co-aignagh — sharing the same view
  • Old English: ānmōd — sharing the same view
  • Polish: jednomyślny — sharing the same view
  • Portuguese: unânime — sharing the same view
  • Russian: единоду́шный (jedinodúšnyj) — sharing the same view
  • Scottish Gaelic: aon-ghuthach — sharing the same view
  • Spanish: unánime — sharing the same view
  • Swedish: enig — sharing the same view
  • Swedish: enhällig — sharing the same view
  • Ukrainian: одноду́шний (odnodúšnyj) — sharing the same view
  • Vietnamese: nhất trí — sharing the same view
  • Welsh: unfrydol — sharing the same view
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