CIPHER
Scrabble letter values: C3I1P3H4E1R1 = 13
Definition
- verb convert ordinary language into code. — synonyms: code, encipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write_in_code
- verb make a mathematical calculation or computation. — synonyms: calculate, cypher, compute, work_out, reckon, figure
- noun a message written in a secret code. — synonyms: cypher
- noun a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. — synonyms: zero, 0, nought, cypher
- noun a quantity of no importance. — synonyms: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cypher, goose_egg
- noun a person of no influence. — synonyms: cypher, nobody, nonentity
- noun a secret method of writing. — synonyms: cypher, cryptograph, secret_code
Examples
- “We should encode the message for security reasons”
- “it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”
- “reduced to nil all the work we had done”