cypher

1. 1.

   convert ordinary language into code

   “We should encode the message for security reasons”

   Synonymscodeenciphercipherencryptinscribewrite in code

   Broaderencode
2. 2.

   make a mathematical calculation or computation

   Synonymscalculateciphercomputework outreckonfigure

   Broaderreason

   Narrowerquantizeextractprocessproratemiscalculaterecalculateaveragefactoraddsubtract

   mathematics

Other forms of cypher

plural

cyphers·

past tense

cypherred·

present participle

cypherring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cypher

What does cypher mean?

cypher means "a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cypher?

cypher has 2 syllables: cy-pher. The stress falls on "cy". In IPA it is /ˈsaɪfɚ/.

What is another word for cypher?

Close synonyms include zero, 0, nought, cipher, nothing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cypher a common word?

cypher is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cypher?

2 words rhyme with cypher. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.