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

Matched Categories

1. • Read
   • Rewrite

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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

How to pronounce decipher?

How to say decipher in sign language?

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How to use decipher in a sentence?

1. Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula:

   Every organisation has solved the important problems including boat registration and installation of vessel monitoring and traceability systems, in order to decipher where the fish comes from, what it is, which waters it was caught from and what the vessel names are.

2. Greg Kondrak:

   That was surprising, and just saying ‘this is Hebrew’ is the first step. The next step is how do we decipher it.

3. Michael Brudno:

   The problem was that the clinician had to put the data into PhenomeCentral and GeneMatcher and into Decipher in order to find the matches, and this is obviously a waste of clinicians' time. We decided we needed to create a system by which the various matchmakers could talk with each other.

4. Richard Morningstar:

   It's always hard to decipher Russia's intentions, but an unsettled Ukrainian energy situation makes it easier for them to convince the Europeans they can't trust Ukraine to move natural gas.

5. 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.