ANON

 Dictionary entry overview: What does anon mean? 

• ANON (noun)
  The noun ANON has 1 sense:

1. sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds

  Familiarity information: ANON used as a noun is very rare.

• ANON (adverb)
  The adverb ANON has 2 senses:

1. at another time
2. (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while

  Familiarity information: ANON used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANON (noun)

Meaning:

Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

anon; sugar apple; sweetsop

Hypernyms ("anon" is a kind of...):

custard apple (the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp)

Holonyms ("anon" is a part of...):

Annona squamosa; sweetsop; sweetsop tree (tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds)

• ANON (adverb)

Meaning:

At another time

Context example:

ever and anon

Meaning:

(old-fashioned or informal) in a little while

Context example:

see you anon

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)