cypher

/sˈaɪfɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
2. a quantity of no importance
   “it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”
3. a person of no influence
4. a secret method of writing
5. a message written in a secret code

verb

1. convert ordinary language into code
   “We should encode the message for security reasons”
2. make a mathematical calculation or computation

Synonyms for cypher

• zero
• 0
• nought
• cipher
• nothing
• nil
• nix
• nada
• null
• aught
• goose egg
• naught
• zilch
• zip
• zippo
• nobody
• nonentity
• cryptograph
• secret code
• code
• encipher
• encrypt
• inscribe
• write in code
• calculate
• compute
• work out
• reckon
• figure

Words that rhyme with cypher

• cipher
• decipher
• heifer
• lifer
• fifer
• kifer
• leifer
• peifer
• peiffer
• pfeifer
• pfeiffer
• phifer
• pifer
• schleifer
• seifer
• slifer
• stonecipher
• stonesifer