cipher
noun
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
Origin of cipher
Related Words for cipher
nonentity, zip, nil, nobody, blank, squat, zilch, nothing, naught, nullity, nought, nada, zippo, count, resolve, compute, calculate, figure, reckon, breakExamples from the Web for cipher
Contemporary Examples of cipher
He is a cipher who has reduced his own party to near-cipher status.
The Scientists profusely apologized when I left the table at which they had their Cipher.
But what of all those people watching at home, waiting for Ann to explain the cipher that is Mittens?
But Allen Barra says he remains a cipher for his actions off the field.
Near his body is a cipher with the digits of the Fibonacci sequence and amalgams referring to Leonardo da Vinci and his Mona Lisa.
Historical Examples of cipher
Better be forty-four and yourself, than a cipher belonging to some body else.
He had been succeeded by MacMahon, a good, brave man, but a cipher.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
He had received an elementary education; could read, write, and cipher.
The DownfallEmile Zola
No message in cipher, nor any that is at all questionable, must be sent or delivered.
The DestroyerBurton Egbert Stevenson
I told you the truth when I said that the cipher letter was an enigma to me.
The CreviceWilliam John Burns and Isabel Ostrander