cypher
1. [ noun ] a message written in a secret code
Synonyms: cipher
Related terms: message encode
2. [ noun ] a person of no influence
Synonyms: nobody nonentity cipher
Related terms: commoner whippersnapper pip-squeak
3. [ noun ] a quantity of no importance
Synonyms: nothing zero naught aught nada cipher goose_egg nix zilch zip nonentity nil
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: relative_quantity thing bugger_all nihil
4. [ noun ] (mathematics) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Synonyms: 0 zero cipher nought
Related terms: digit calculate
5. [ verb ] (mathematics) make a mathematical calculation or computation
Synonyms: compute calculate figure reckon work_out cipher
Related terms: reason process estimate multiply subtract add divide resolve factor budget average recalculate interpolate prorate survey capitalize miscalculate extract quantise differentiate integrate mathematics solve count_on bet work_out zero calculation computer calculation calculator calculus calculator
6. [ verb ] (writing) convert ordinary language into code
Synonyms: cipher encipher code encrypt inscribe write_in_code encode
Examples:

"We should encode the message for security reasons"

Related terms: decipher decode write cipher encoding code cipher programmer coding
7. [ noun ] a quantity of no importance
Synonyms: nothing zero naught nada zilch cipher nil null nix goose_egg zip aught
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: relative_quantity nihil bugger_all zero
8. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 20302
9. [ noun ] a secret method of writing
Synonyms: cryptograph secret_code cipher
Related terms: code encode
Similar spelling:   cypre
  Copher
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