DECIPHER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DECIPHER?

Need another word that means the same as “decipher”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “decipher” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Decipher” are: decode, decrypt, trace, break, work out, solve, interpret, translate, construe, explain, make out, discern, perceive, see, read, follow, fathom, penetrate, make sense of, understand, comprehend, apprehend, grasp

Decipher as a Verb

Definitions of "Decipher" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “decipher” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language.
• Read with difficulty.
• Succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something.
• Convert code into ordinary language.

Synonyms of "Decipher" as a verb (23 Words)

apprehend	Anticipate with dread or anxiety. He is a man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but as a drunken sleep.
break	Do a break dance. The management are out to break the union.
comprehend	Include, comprise, or encompass. A divine order comprehending all men.
construe	Make sense of; assign a meaning to. His words could hardly be construed as an apology.
decode	Analyse and interpret (a communication or image. A handbook to help parents decode street language.
decrypt	Make (a coded or unclear message) intelligible. The computer can be used to encrypt and decrypt sensitive transmissions.
discern	Detect with the senses. I can discern no difference between the two policies.
explain	Give a reason so as to justify or excuse (an action or event. It s a device of great age the professor explained.
fathom	Come to understand. He couldn t fathom why she was being so anxious.
follow	Come as a logical consequence follow logically. They follow their March show with four UK dates next month.
grasp	Take (an opportunity) eagerly. Many companies grasped the opportunity to expand.
interpret	Give an interpretation or explanation to. Interpreting the music well takes hours of listening and experimentation.
make out	Prepare for eating by applying heat.
make sense of	Reach a destination, either real or abstract.
perceive	Interpret or regard (someone or something) in a particular way. He perceived the faintest of flushes creeping up her neck.
read	Discover information by reading it in a written or printed source. Can you read Greek.
see	See or watch. I can see a risk in this strategy.
solve	Find an answer to, explanation for, or means of effectively dealing with (a problem or mystery. The policy could solve the town s housing crisis.
trace	Discover traces of. Trace a design.
translate	Determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA. Few of Shakespeare s other works have been translated into ballets.
understand	Be understanding of. She didn t really understand the situation.
work out	Make uniform.

Usage Examples of "Decipher" as a verb

• Visual signals help us decipher what is being communicated.
• Authorized government agencies can decipher encrypted telecommunications.
• Can you decipher this letter?

Associations of "Decipher" (30 Words)

cipher	A person of no influence. He left two as yet uncracked ciphered messages for posthumous decoding.
code	Be the genetic code for an amino acid or protein. I was given the number but not the code for Guildford.
coding	The process or activity of writing computer programs. A coding region in human DNA.
cryptic	Having a puzzling terseness. A cryptic note.
cryptogram	A text written in code.
cryptography	The science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms.
decode	Analyse and interpret (a communication or image. A handbook to help parents decode street language.
egyptian	The ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC.
encode	Convert information into code. Using this technique makes it possible to encode and transmit recorded video information.
encrypt	Convert (information or data) into a code, especially to prevent unauthorized access. All calls will be digitally encrypted to make eavesdropping impossible.
encryption	The process of converting information or data into a code, especially to prevent unauthorized access. I use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online.
enigmatic	Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought. An enigmatic smile.
factorize	Resolve (a polynomial) into factors. All matrices can be factorized.
glyph	A hieroglyphic character or symbol. Flanges painted with esoteric glyphs.
hash	Make meat or other food into a hash. A hash of raw tomatoes chillies and coriander.
hieroglyph	Writing that resembles hieroglyphics usually by being illegible. Hieroglyphs describing the Mayan calendar.
hieroglyphic	Writing that resembles hieroglyphics usually by being illegible. Without the Rosetta Stone it is likely that Egyptian hieroglyphics would still be a mystery.
ideogram	A character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it. Examples include numerals and Chinese characters. Chinese characters are ideograms.
inexplicable	Incapable of being explained or accounted for. Inexplicable errors.
inscription	A thing inscribed, as on a monument or in a book. The inscription on her headstone.
interpret	Give an interpretation or rendition of. Interpreting the music well takes hours of listening and experimentation.
meaning	The idea that is intended. A meaning look.
mnemonic	Aiding or designed to aid the memory. Mnemonic device.
oracular	(of an utterance, advice, etc.) hard to interpret; enigmatic. The oracular shrine.
palimpsest	A manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible. Sutton Place is a palimpsest of the taste of successive owners.
password	A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group. Each user has a password in order to log on to the network.
syllabic	Having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities. Syllabic singing.
text	Send someone a text message. The pictures are clear and relate well to the text.
transliterate	Write or print (a letter or word) using the closest corresponding letters of a different alphabet or script. The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated.
word	The divine word of God the second person in the Trinity incarnate in Jesus. I don t like the word unofficial.