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decipher
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of DECIPHER
1
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language <we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet>
Related Words descramble, unscramble; render, translate; dope (out), figure out, puzzle (out), solve, unravel, unriddle, work, work out
2
to have a clear idea of <a convoluted thriller, the plot of which I was never able to actually decipher>
Synonyms appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand
Near Antonyms misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand
Antonyms miss
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