1. cipher - noun
· a message written in a secret code
Synonym(s): cypher
Hypernym(s): message
2. cipher - noun
· a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Synonym(s): zero, 0, nought, cypher
3. cipher - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cypher, goose_egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
Hypernym(s): relative_quantity
4. cipher - noun
· a person of no influence
Synonym(s): cypher, nobody, nonentity
Hypernym(s): commoner, common_man, common_person
5. cipher - noun
· a secret method of writing
Synonym(s): cypher, cryptograph, secret_code
Hypernym(s): code
6. cipher - verb
· convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
Synonym(s): code, encipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write_in_code
Hypernym(s): encode
7. cipher - verb
· make a mathematical calculation or computation
Synonym(s): calculate, cypher, compute, work_out, reckon, figure
Hypernym(s): reason
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