cryptanalysis

Questions about cryptanalysis

What is another word for cryptanalysis?

It depends which cryptanalysis you mean. In the sense “the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms”, the synonyms are cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of cryptanalysis?

WordNet records no antonym for cryptanalysis. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for cryptanalysis come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of cryptanalysis

• Full entry for cryptanalysisAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for cryptanalysisWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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