cipher (n.)

  1. a message written in a secret code

    [ Syn: cypher ]

  2. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

    [ Syn: zero , 0 , nought , cypher ]

  3. 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 didnt hear zilch about it

    [ Syn: nothing , nil , nix , nada , null , aught , cypher , goose egg , naught , zero , zilch , zip , zippo ]

  4. a person of no influence

    [ Syn: cypher , nobody , nonentity ]

  5. a secret method of writing

    [ Syn: cypher , cryptograph , secret code ]

    cipher (v.)

  1. convert ordinary language into code; We should encode the message for security reasons

    [ Syn: code , encipher , cypher , encrypt , inscribe , write in code ]

  2. make a mathematical calculation or computation

    [ Syn: calculate , cypher , compute , work out , reckon , figure ]

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