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Synonyms for decipher
dɪˈsaɪ fərde·ci·pher

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.5 / 2 votes

  1. decipher

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

    Antonyms:
    cipher, symbolize, empuzzle, mystify, enigmatize

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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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Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. decipherverb

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

  2. decipherverb

    Synonyms:
    read, make out

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "decipher":

    decrypt, unencrypt, decode, crack, unravel

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How to use decipher in a sentence?

  1. Robert Wright:

    We're all puppets, and our best hope for even partial liberation is to try to decipher the logic of the puppeteer. Just because natural selection created us doesn't mean we have to slavishly follow its peculiar agenda. (If anything, we might be tempted to spite it for all the ridiculous baggage it's saddled us with.)

  2. 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.

  3. Fox News:

    A Killer by Design: Murders, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal.

  4. Missy Robertson:

    Were trying to let God take the lead on these things, were trying to decipher between opportunities is this what we need to do that will enhance our family ? And also to shine a light on the blessings that weve received because of the blessing giver. Because of the creator. Because of our Savior. Sometimes we get those things out of whack and they dont really go very well. Robertson continued :.

  5. 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.


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