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Cryptograph

A cipher or cryptogram.

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📖 Definitions of "Cryptograph"

noun

1
A cipher or cryptogram.
2
A device used for encrypting or decrypting text.

verb

1
To write text using a code or cipher.

🔄 Synonyms of "Cryptograph"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
ciphernoun	A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
cyphernoun	A surname from German.
cryptogramnoun	(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
secret code	the debut major album by artist Aya Kamiki, released on July 12, 2006.
secret writingnoun	act of writing in code or cipher

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cryptograph"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
cryptogramnoun	(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
ciphernoun	A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
cyphernoun	A surname from German.
secret code	the debut major album by artist Aya Kamiki, released on July 12, 2006.
secret writingnoun	act of writing in code or cipher
cryptogrammenoun	Rare spelling of cryptogram. [Encrypted text.]
cryptogrammarnoun	(grammar) The hidden or non-obvious aspects of the grammar of a language.
characternoun	(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
codewordnoun	A word or phrase (or by extension a concept) used to make a (concealed) reference to another word or concept.
code wordnoun	Alternative form of codeword. [(cryptography) A string representing an encoded piece of text.]
cryptonymnoun	A secret name, a code name.
polygraphynoun	The art or practice of using a polygraph.
pattern wordnoun	(cryptography) A word in which some letter appears more than once, useful in solving a cryptogram.
keywordnoun	(information science) Any important word in a text or document, which may be linked to other words or other information, or listed in the metadata for searches to find.
logogramnoun	A character or symbol (usually nonalphanumeric) that represents a word or phrase.
codegroupnoun	A group of symbols forming part of a coded message.
streamciphernoun	Alternative form of stream cipher. [(cryptography) a symmetric-key cipher in which plaintext digits are combined with a pseudorandom cipher digit stream]
idiomorphnoun	(mineralogy) Any idiomorphous mineral.
encodingnoun	A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).
ciphertextnoun	Encoded or encrypted text.