Cypher Very Common

Cypher has 10 different meanings across 3 categories:

Definitions

Noun

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

zero 0 nought cipher cypher

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"

nothing nil nix nada null aught cipher cypher goose egg naught zero zilch zip zippo

a person of no influence

cipher cypher nobody nonentity

a secret method of writing

cipher cypher cryptograph secret code

a message written in a secret code

cipher cypher

Alternative spelling of cipher

Verb

convert ordinary language into code

"We should encode the message for security reasons"

code encipher cipher cypher encrypt inscribe write in code

make a mathematical calculation or computation

calculate cipher cypher compute work out reckon figure

Alternative spelling of cipher

Proper Noun

A surname.

Example Sentences

"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before" noun

"reduced to nil all the work we had done" noun

"we racked up a pathetic goose egg" noun

"it was all for naught" noun

"I didn't hear zilch about it" noun

"We should encode the message for security reasons" verb