decrypt

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of DECRYPT

to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language <decrypting the Germans' code was one of the Allies' greatest triumphs>

Synonyms break, crack, decipher, decrypt

Related Words descramble, unscramble; render, translate; dope (out), figure out, puzzle (out), solve, unravel, unriddle, work, work out

Near Antonyms garble, jumble (up), mix (up)

Antonyms cipher, code, encipher, encode, encrypt

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