cypher
/sˈaɪfɝ/
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Definitions
Noun
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Noun
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"
Noun
a person of no influence
Noun
a secret method of writing
Noun
a message written in a secret code
Verb
convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
Verb
make a mathematical calculation or computation
Synonyms
0
aught
calculate
cipher
code
compute
cryptograph
encipher
encrypt
figure
goose egg
inscribe
nada
naught
nil
nix
nobody
nonentity
nothing
nought
null
reckon
secret code
work out
write in code
zero
zilch
zip
zippo
More General Terms
More Specific Terms
add
add together
approximate
average
average out
budget
bugger all
capitalise
capitalize
deduct
differentiate
divide
estimate
extract
extrapolate
factor
factor in
factor out
Fanny Adams
fraction
fuck all
gauge
guess
integrate
interpolate
jackanapes
judge
lightweight
miscalculate
misestimate
multiply
nihil
pip-squeak
process
prorate
quantise
quantize
recalculate
resolve
small fry
solve
squirt
subtract
survey
sweet Fanny Adams
take off
whippersnapper