- zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher - a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
--1 is a kind of digit, figure
Derived form: verb cypher2 - nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip - a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
--2 is a kind of relative quantity
--2 has particulars:nihil; bugger all, fuck all, Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams - cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity - a person of no influence
--3 is a kind of commoner, common man, common person
--3 has particulars:pip-squeak, squirt, small fry; whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight - cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret code - a secret method of writing
--4 is a kind of code
Derived form: verb cypher1 - cipher, cypher - a message written in a secret code
--5 is a kind of message
Derived form: verb cypher1
- encode, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code - convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
--1 is one way to write
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun cypher4, noun cypher5
Somebody ----s something
- calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure - make a mathematical calculation or computation
--2 is one way to reason
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun cypher1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE