What is another word for cryptograph?

Pronunciation: [kɹˈɪptəɡɹˌaf] (IPA)

Cryptograph is a word that refers to a system of secret writing, a coded message, or a cipher. There are several synonyms for this word, including code, cypher, encryption, cryptography, and secret writing. Code refers to a set of symbols or rules used to hide the true meaning of a message. Cypher is an alternative spelling of cipher, which refers to a secret or disguised way of writing. Encryption is the process of converting a message into a code or cipher that is difficult to decipher. Cryptography is the study of codes and ciphers, while secret writing refers to any method of writing that is intended to be secret or hidden.

Synonyms for Cryptograph:

What are the hypernyms for Cryptograph?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Cryptograph?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for cryptograph (as nouns)

    • communication
      code.

Usage examples for Cryptograph

He therefore thought that it was needless for him any longer to conceal from the world his great discovery, and accordingly in the year 1659-about three years after the appearance of his cryptograph-he announced the interpretation of it.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
From the Austrian territory I was to write to Kossuth all the political information I could collect, the messages being conveyed in a cryptograph in which the form of the letter was to be that of a correspondence between lovers.
"The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I"
William James Stillman
Natural history is not a cryptograph to be deciphered, it is a series of facts and incidents to be observed and recorded.
"Ways of Nature"
John Burroughs

Related words: cryptography, cryptographer, cryptology, cryptanalysis

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