Cypher CYPHER. [See Cipher.]

cypher n 1: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number [syn: zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher] 2: 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" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo] 3: a person of no influence [syn: cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity] 4: a secret method of writing [syn: cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret code] 5: a message written in a secret code [syn: cipher, cypher] v 1: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" [syn: code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code] 2: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure]

cypher chypre

cypher chiefly British variant of cipher

cypher
var. of CIPHER.

cypher see cipher

cypher ˈsaɪfə var. of CIPHER.

Cypher \Cy"pher\ (s?"f?r), n. & v. See Cipher.

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