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cipher

Nouns

• (n) a message written in a secret code cypher,
• (n) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number 0, cypher, nought, zero,
• (n) a quantity of no importance
  • it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
  • reduced to nil all the work we had done
  • we racked up a pathetic goose egg
  • it was all for naught
  • I didn't hear zilch about it
  aught, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo, cypher,
• (n) a person of no influence nobody, nonentity, cypher,
• (n) a secret method of writing cryptograph, secret code, cypher,

Verbs

• (v) convert ordinary language into code
  • We should encode the message for security reasons
  cypher, encipher, encrypt, write in code, code, inscribe,
• (v) make a mathematical calculation or computation calculate, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out,

Synonyms

cypher encipher encrypt write in code code inscribe calculate compute figure reckon work out 0 nought zero aught goose egg nada naught nil nix nothing null zilch zip zippo nobody nonentity cryptograph secret code

See also

depend bet reckon calculate count look figure out puzzle out solve lick work out work

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