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decode
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of DECODE
1
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language <the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy>
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 <I was never able to decode the strange relationship that existed between those two people>
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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