Decipher

What do we mean by decipher?

To read or interpret (ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter). transitive verb

To convert from a code or cipher to plaintext; decode. transitive verb

A description. noun

To interpret by the use of a key, as something written in cipher; make out by discovering the key to.

To succeed in reading, as what is written in obscure, partially obliterated, or badly formed characters.

To discover or explain the meaning of, as of something that is obscure or difficult to be traced or understood.

To describe or delineate.

To find out; detect; discover; reveal.

To write in cipher; conceal by means of a cipher or other disguise.

=Syn. 1–3. To interpret, make out, unravel.

A deciphered cipher; a translated version of a cipher. noun

To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms. transitive verb

To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold. transitive verb

To stamp; to detect; to discover. transitive verb

To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text. verb

To read text that is almost illegible or obscure. verb

To find a solution to a problem. verb

Read with difficulty verb

Convert code into ordinary language verb

A decipherment; a decoding.

Words that are spelled similarly to decipher:
decipher, decypher, cipher, decider, encipher, decipherer, uncipher, deciphers.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word decipher:
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Words that rhyme with decipher:
cipher, heifer, cypher, lifer, fifer, pfeiffer, seifer, schleifer, knifer, pifer, slifer, pfeifer, leifer, stonecipher, peiffer, stonesifer, peifer, phifer, kifer, buy fur, die fur, knife her, life her, wife her.

Adjectives that are often used to describe decipher:
last, unwearied, contemporary, first, scarce, more, profound, present.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective decipher:
code, hand, shorthand.

Consonant match to decipher:
do suffer.

Words that sound like decipher:
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