decode

The word “decode” has 2 syllables: de-code

It's pronounced as /diːˈkəʊd/


What is synonym and antonym for decode?

In the thesaurus, “decode” has 56 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for decode along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for decode

  • absorb
  • appreciate
  • apprehend
  • assimilate
  • behold
  • break
  • catch
  • clear up
  • cognize
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • conceive
  • crack
  • crack the code
  • decipher
  • decrypt
  • descramble
  • dig
  • digest
  • discern
  • fathom
  • figure out
  • find the solution
  • get
  • grasp
  • grok
  • interpret
  • intuit
  • know
  • make
  • make clear
  • make out
  • penetrate
  • perceive
  • pick up on
  • pierce
  • read
  • realize
  • recognize
  • register
  • render
  • savvy
  • see
  • seize
  • sense
  • solve
  • take in
  • translate
  • twig
  • understand
  • unravel
  • unriddle
  • unscramble
  • untangle
  • work
  • work out

Antonyms for decode

  • cipher
  • code
  • encipher
  • encode
  • encrypt
  • fix
  • garble
  • mend
  • misapprehend
  • misconceive
  • misconstrue
  • misinterpret
  • misperceive
  • misread
  • miss
  • mistake
  • misunderstand
  • question
  • tangle

Meanings of decode

  • noun
    1. A product of decoding.
    2. Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols.
  • verb
    1. To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
    2. To figure out something difficult to interpret.

Example Sentences

  • The student tried to decode the hidden message in the text.
  • Scientists worked hard to decode the genetic sequence.
  • He used a special device to decode the encrypted signal.
  • It took her hours to decode the mysterious symbols.
  • The spy was trained to decode enemy transmissions quickly.

On this page you'll find 75 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to decode, such as: absorb, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, break, catch.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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illuminate

  • accent
  • accentuate
  • advertise
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  • bear down on
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  • decipher
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  • define
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  • make much of
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  • play up
  • plug
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  • radiate
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  • uplift
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illustrate

  • adduce
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  • break down
  • bring home
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  • simplify
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  • spotlight
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  • typify
  • undo
  • unravel
  • unriddle
  • unscramble
  • untangle
  • visualize
  • vivify

make

  • about-face
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  • adjust
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  • back
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  • beeline
  • beget
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  • delegate
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  • encourage
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  • further
  • gage
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  • gauge
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  • get
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  • go
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  • grasp
  • grok
  • gross
  • guess
  • hammer
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  • harass
  • harvest
  • hatch
  • head
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  • high-pressure
  • hint
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  • imagine
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  • implement
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  • reach
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  • realize
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  • rebuild
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  • recapture
  • receive
  • reckon
  • recognize
  • reconstruct
  • redevelop
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  • refashion
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  • render
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  • repeat
  • represent
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  • ring up
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  • savvy
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  • secure
  • see
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  • strike
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  • structure
  • suggest
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  • tack
  • take in
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  • take over
  • tamper
  • tap
  • tear off
  • tender
  • terrorize
  • texture
  • think
  • threaten
  • throw together
  • throw up
  • tie
  • top
  • touch
  • turn
  • turn back
  • turn out
  • twig
  • understand
  • unite
  • veer
  • visualize
  • wage
  • wheel
  • whip
  • whip out
  • win
  • wind up
  • work
  • yaw
  • yield

make out

  • absorb
  • accept
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • act
  • affect
  • afford
  • appreciate
  • apprehend
  • ascertain
  • assimilate
  • assume
  • behold
  • bluff
  • camouflage
  • carry on
  • catch
  • cognize
  • collect
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • conceal
  • conceive
  • conclude
  • conjecture
  • construe
  • contemplate
  • contrive
  • cope
  • counterfeit
  • decide
  • decipher
  • decode
  • deduce
  • deduct
  • derive
  • detect
  • dig
  • digest
  • discern
  • discover
  • disguise
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • distinguish
  • do
  • do well enough
  • draw a conclusion
  • eke out
  • endure
  • espy
  • extrapolate
  • fake
  • fare
  • fathom
  • feign
  • feint
  • fend for oneself
  • find out
  • flourish
  • follow
  • gather
  • get
  • get along
  • get by
  • get on
  • grasp
  • grok
  • guess
  • impersonate
  • infer
  • interpret
  • intuit
  • judge
  • know
  • last
  • let on
  • make
  • make a pretense
  • make a show
  • make believe
  • make do
  • make ends meet
  • make shift
  • manage
  • mask
  • masquerade
  • muddle through
  • notice
  • observe
  • penetrate
  • perceive
  • philosophize
  • pick up on
  • pierce
  • play
  • playact
  • pose
  • pretend
  • profess
  • prosper
  • put on
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  • put up a front
  • rationalize
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  • recognize
  • register
  • remark
  • savvy
  • score
  • scrounge
  • see
  • seize
  • sense
  • sham
  • shift
  • simulate
  • speculate
  • squeeze
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  • survive
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  • think
  • thrive
  • twig
  • understand
  • work out
  • wrest
  • wring

savvy

  • absorb
  • acquaintance
  • acumen
  • acute
  • agile
  • alert
  • appreciate
  • apprehend
  • apt
  • artful
  • assimilate
  • astute
  • awareness
  • background
  • behold
  • brainy
  • bright
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  • cagey
  • cagy
  • calculating
  • canny
  • catch
  • chops
  • clear-eyed
  • clear-sighted
  • clever
  • cognize
  • command
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • comprehension
  • conceive
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  • crafty
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  • decipher
  • decode
  • devious
  • dig
  • digest
  • discern
  • discerning
  • discernment
  • discriminating
  • discriminative
  • dodgy
  • experience
  • experienced
  • expertise
  • familiarity
  • farsighted
  • fathom
  • foxy
  • get
  • grasp
  • grip
  • grok
  • guileful
  • hard-boiled
  • hardheaded
  • heady
  • in the know
  • ingenious
  • insight
  • insightful
  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • intelligent
  • intimacy
  • intuit
  • judgment
  • judicious
  • keen
  • know
  • know-how
  • knowing
  • knowledge
  • make
  • make out
  • mastery
  • moxie
  • nimble
  • on the ball
  • pawky
  • penetrate
  • perceive
  • perception
  • perceptive
  • perceptiveness
  • percipient
  • perspicacious
  • pick up on
  • pierce
  • proficiency
  • quick
  • quick-witted
  • realize
  • recognize
  • register
  • resourceful
  • sagacious
  • sage
  • sapient
  • scheming
  • see
  • seize
  • sense
  • sensible
  • sharp
  • sharp-eyed
  • sharp-sighted
  • sharp-witted
  • sharpness
  • shrewd
  • skills
  • slick
  • sly
  • smart
  • smarts
  • smooth
  • streetwise
  • subtle
  • take in
  • tricky
  • twig
  • understand
  • understanding
  • veteran
  • wily
  • wise

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