Synonyms for decipher
dɪˈsaɪ fərde·ci·pher

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1. decipher

   Synonyms:
   bead, spell, interpret, solve, unravel, explain, unfold

   Antonyms:
   cipher, symbolize, empuzzle, mystify, enigmatize

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1. decode, decrypt, decipherverb

   convert code into ordinary language

   Synonyms:
   decrypt, decode, trace

2. decipher, traceverb

   read with difficulty

   "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

   Synonyms:
   delineate, line, describe, trace, decrypt, decode, retrace, hunt, hound, draw, follow

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1. decipherverb

   Synonyms:
   unravel, unfold, interpret, reveal, explain, expound

2. decipherverb

   Synonyms:
   read, make out

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1. List of paraphrases for "decipher":

   decrypt, unencrypt, decode, crack, unravel

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How to use decipher in a sentence?

1. Jonathan Lopez:

   To ask a bank to decipher between legitimate and illegitimate payments by a multinational organization who by its nature makes a lot of payments in different countries is going to be tough.

2. Lydia Child:

   Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.

3. Douglas Van Daele:

   Part of their reluctance was in allowing patients to view their records, diagnostics and medical information that they may not initially know how to decipher, another was in giving patients the ability to contact their doctors directly.

4. Jen Bucholtz:

   So you've got to know Gary's full name in order to decipher these anagrams, i just don't think there's any other way anybody would have figured it out.

5. Roger Kay:

   National Security Administration people that I've spoken to over the years have bemoaned the rising tide of difficult-to-decipher digital interchange, from voice, encrypted or not, at this point, the bad guys are outrunning the good because there are just too many channels to monitor.