Synonyms for cipher

Noun

1. cipher, cypher, message

usage: a message written in a secret code

2. zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher, digit, figure

usage: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

3. nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, relative quantity

usage: 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"

4. cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity, commoner, common man, common person

usage: a person of no influence

5. cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret code, code

usage: a secret method of writing

Verb

1. encode, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code, write

usage: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"

2. calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure, reason

usage: make a mathematical calculation or computation