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Synonyms for decode

Most common

decipher decrypt

All synonyms

Verb

1. Decipher — to convert from an encrypted form to plain text

decipher, decrypt, uncode rare, uncipher dated

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

    The cryptographer decoded the secret message and sent the result to the officer.

Related words

Word family
decoder

Forms

Past participle
decoded
e.g. decoded → deciphered, decrypted, uncoded, unciphered…

Example sentences

  • decipher Investigators are trying to decipher what happened.
  • decrypt Do you think that they can decrypt the code?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
decoderising
decipherrising
decryptrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
uncode
7 letters
decrypt
8 letters
decipher3, uncipher

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decipher3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
décoder
Deutsch
entschlüsseln