Meanings
- A hypothetical individual believed to be in charge of QAnon, most commonly thought to be Donald Trump himself.
Some QAnon devotees even believe that Mr. Trump posts himself, under the code name "Q+".
2020 February 9, Mike McIntire, Kevin Roose, “What Happens When QAnon Seeps From the Web to the Offline World”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Feb 20204 more examples
I heard a woman ask a guy in a "Q+" hat — one of Q's signatures, he told me — what Q was about.
2018 August 3, Philip Bump, “There’s a virus in Trumpland”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2021The group regularly disseminates Q's messages on UCP's official YouTube livestream. Members toss off remarks like "thank God for Q and Q+, that’s Trump," actively look for Q messages and claim that real news is based those messages.
2019 April 23, Brendan Joel Kelley, “QAnon Conspiracy Increasingly Popular with Antigovernment Extremists”, in Southern Poverty Law CenterMs. Perkins said she saw Mr. Trump as being involved in the Q effort, saying that she believed he was posting online under the pseudonym Q+.
2020 May 20, Mike Baker, “G.O.P. Voters Back QAnon Conspiracy Promoter for U.S. Senate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 May 2020DAVIES: Let's just talk about some QAnon terms. When you see Q+, what does that mean? LAFRANCE: Well, Q+ refers to President Trump himself.
2020 August 20, Dave Davies, Adrienne LaFrance, Fresh Air, NPR
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Q+. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Q%2B
“Q+.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Q%2B. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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