🔍decipher

Meaning

To make sense of something difficult to read or understand; to decode.

To convert something written in code into normal language; to succeed in understanding the meaning of something.

Example Sentences

She managed to decipher the old handwritten letter.

It took hours to decipher the ancient script.

Example Expressions

decipher a code

Synonyms

decode, interpret, translate, solve, unravel

Entry 1

decode, interpret, translate, solve, unravel

Entry 2

interpret, decode

Antonyms

confuse, obscure, encrypt

Entry 1

confuse, obscure, encrypt

Entry 2

confuse, obscure

Collocations

decipher handwriting, decipher message, decipher meaning, decipher code