Overview of noun cipher

The noun cipher has 5 senses

• cipher, cypher -- (a message written in a secret code)


• zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher -- (a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number)


• nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo -- (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 didn't hear zilch about it")


• cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity -- (a person of no influence)


• cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret code -- (a secret method of writing)

Overview of verb cipher

The verb cipher has 2 senses

• code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code -- (convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons")


• calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure -- (make a mathematical calculation or computation)