Synonyms of decoded

decoded

verb

past tense of decode

1

as in deciphered

to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language

the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deciphered
• cracked
• decrypted
• translated
• broke
• solved
• rendered
• descrambled
• unscrambled
• unraveled
• figured out
• worked
• worked out
• puzzled (out)
• doped (out)
• unriddled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• encoded
• coded
• encrypted
• enciphered
• ciphered
• mixed (up)
• garbled
• jumbled (up)

2

as in understood

to have a clear idea of

I was never able to decode the strange relationship that existed between those two people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deciphered
• understood
• knew
• recognized
• comprehended
• grasped
• appreciated
• saw
• discerned
• realized
• got
• sensed
• perceived
• conceived
• assimilated
• apprehended
• registered
• made
• tumbled (to)
• seized
• caught on (to)
• dug
• picked up on
• beheld
• intuited
• made out
• caught
• grokked
• twigged
• savvied
• digested
• cognized
• cottoned (to or on to)
• absorbed
• compassed
• penetrated
• fathomed
• took in
• pierced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• misread
• misconstrued
• mistook
• misconceived
• misapprehended
• misperceived

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of decoded

One solution exploits a mismatch between the way PHP measures compressed files and decoded files. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

The fall arts season, decoded Charlotte’s arts institutions cluster mostly along the Tryon Street corridor in uptown, which makes event-hopping easy. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026

In 1985, Dutch researcher Wim van Eck showed that electromagnetic signals from video display units could be captured and decoded, raising the possibility of eavesdropping on what a screen displayed. — Chetan Jaiswal, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

The Seven-Sins Paradigm The last generation of products decoded the brain in order to bypass the brain. — Regan Peng, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

In this new work, the interference was decoded by modeling how local electrical imbalances at grain boundaries disrupt charge movement. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026

Ekman’s seven-point system, however useful as a package, leans toward rigidity, turning the face once again into a surface to be decoded. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

The calls obtained by PEOPLE were eventually decoded and presented as evidence in Shirilla's 2023 murder trial. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026

After noticing that one of the items purchased was the entire Lip Critic discography on Bandcamp, Kaser was later confronted by the fan at one of their shows, who claimed to have decoded hidden messages in their music. — Alastair Shuttleworth, Pitchfork, 2 May 2026