deciphered
Made sense of
Deciphered is the past tense of decipher, meaning to convert coded or obscure text into understandable form.
Cryptographers deciphered enemy messages during wartime.
The word extends to making sense of anything difficult to read or understand: I finally deciphered his handwriting, Scientists deciphered the ancient inscription.
Study of breaking ciphers
- codebreakingSolving secret communications
- decodedConverted from cipher
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
cryptogram · encrypted · key · unlocked · unscrambled · secret message · intercepted · intelligence
Found the answer to
- unraveledCame undone or solved
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- figured outUnderstood after effort
revealed · uncovered · mystery · clue · secrets · hidden meaning · pieced together · understood
Converted between languages
- interpretedUnderstood and explained
- readingInterpreting written text
- inscriptionText permanently marked
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
ancient · script · symbols · glyphs · transcribed · legible · readable · comprehensible
Grasped the meaning
- read between the linesDiscern implicit meaning
- interpretedUnderstood and explained
- motivesReasons behind actions
- intentionsPlanned purposes or goals
subtext · implication · meaning · discerned · perceived · grasped · fathomed · inferred
cryptanalysis
Study of breaking ciphers
- codebreakingSolving secret communications
- decodedConverted from cipher
- crackedHaving surface fractures
enigma · cryptogram · encrypted · key · unlocked · unscrambled · secret message · intercepted · intelligence · hieroglyphics
solved
Found the answer to
figured out · revealed · uncovered · mystery · clue · secrets · hidden meaning · pieced together · understood · elucidated
translated
Converted between languages
- interpretedUnderstood and explained
- readingInterpreting written text
- inscriptionText permanently marked
manuscript · ancient · script · symbols · glyphs · transcribed · legible · readable · comprehensible · parsed
understood
Grasped the meaning
- read between the linesDiscern implicit meaning
- interpretedUnderstood and explained
- motivesReasons behind actions
intentions · subtext · implication · meaning · discerned · perceived · grasped · fathomed · inferred · deduced
- interpretedtranslated, explained, decoded, understood, read
decipheredundeciphered
Not yet interpreted
enciphered · uncracked · unsolved · undecoded · indecipherable
decipheredencrypted
Transformed into cipher
enciphered · encoded · scrambled · disguised · obfuscated
decipheredconfused
Unable to understand
misunderstood · misinterpreted · mystified · baffled · incomprehensible
decipher, deciphers, deciphering, decipherment, decipherable, undecipherable, undeciphered, decipherability