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26 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. cipher
  2. cypher
  3. cipher clerk
  4. cipher component
  5. cipher disk
  6. cipher machine
  7. cipher square
  8. agent cipher
  9. autoclave cipher
  10. autokey cipher
  11. Bacon biliteral cipher
  12. Beaufort cipher
  13. concealment cipher
  14. disk cipher
  15. double-key cipher
  16. Julius Caesar cipher
  17. multiple-alphabet cipher
  18. Nihilist cipher
  19. Playfair cipher
  20. progressive-alphabet cipher
  21. rail-fence cipher
  22. substitution cipher
  23. transposition cipher
  24. trellis cipher
  25. Vigenère cipher
  26. Wheatstone cipher

1ci·pher

noun, often attributive \ˈsī-fər\

Definition of CIPHER

1
a : zero 1a
b : one that has no weight, worth, or influence : nonentity
2
a : a method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning — compare code 3b
b : a message in code
3
: arabic numeral
4
: a combination of symbolic letters; especially : the interwoven initials of a name
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Examples of CIPHER

  1. a cipher that can't be decoded
  2. She was nothing more than a cipher.

Origin of CIPHER

Middle English, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic ṣifr empty, cipher, zero
First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CIPHER

Synonyms
aught, zero, goose egg, naught (also nought), nil, nothing, o, oh, zilch, zip
Antonyms
big shot, big wheel, bigwig, eminence, figure, kahuna, kingpin, magnate, nabob, personage, somebody, VIP

Rhymes with CIPHER

lifer

2cipher

verb
ci·pheredci·pher·ing \-f(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of CIPHER

intransitive verb
: to use figures in a mathematical process
transitive verb
1
: encipher
2
: to compute arithmetically

Examples of CIPHER

  1. <were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total>

First Known Use of CIPHER

circa 1530

Related to CIPHER

Synonyms
calculate, compute, figure, reckon, work out

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