decipher

decipher

verb

Definition of DECIPHER

1

to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language <we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet>

Synonyms break, crack, decipher, decrypt

Related Words descramble, unscramble; render, translate; dope (out), figure out, puzzle (out), solve, unravel, unriddle, work, work out

Near Antonyms garble, jumble (up), mix (up)

Antonyms cipher, code, encipher, encode, encrypt

2

to have a clear idea of <a convoluted thriller, the plot of which I was never able to actually decipher>

Synonyms appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand

Related Words absorb, digest, take in; realize; fathom, penetrate, pierce

Near Antonyms misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand

Antonyms miss