decoding

The word “decoding” has 3 syllables: de-cod-ing

It's pronounced as /diːˈkəʊ.dɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for decoding?

In the thesaurus, “decoding” has 93 synonyms and 17 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for decoding

  • absorbing
  • adaptation
  • analysis
  • annotation
  • appreciating
  • apprehending
  • assimilating
  • beholding
  • breaking
  • catching
  • clarification
  • cognizing
  • comment
  • commentary
  • compassing
  • comprehending
  • comprehension
  • conceiving
  • construction
  • cracking
  • crib
  • deciphering
  • decrypting
  • decryption
  • definition
  • demonstration
  • descrambling
  • digesting
  • digging
  • discerning
  • disentanglement
  • edification
  • elucidation
  • enactment
  • enlightenment
  • epexegesis
  • exegesis
  • explanation
  • explication
  • exposition
  • fathoming
  • figuring out
  • getting
  • gloss
  • grasping
  • grokking
  • illumination
  • illustration
  • interpretation
  • intuiting
  • justification
  • key
  • knowing
  • making
  • making out
  • meaning
  • metaphrase
  • paraphrase
  • penetrating
  • perceiving
  • picking up on
  • piercing
  • rationale
  • rationalization
  • reading
  • realizing
  • reasoning
  • recognizing
  • registering
  • rendering
  • rendition
  • rephrasing
  • restatement
  • road map
  • savvying
  • seeing
  • seizing
  • sensing
  • simplification
  • solving
  • taking in
  • transcription
  • translating
  • translation
  • transliteration
  • twigging
  • understanding
  • unraveling
  • unriddling
  • unscrambling
  • version
  • working
  • working out

Antonyms for decoding

  • ciphering
  • coding
  • enciphering
  • encoding
  • encrypting
  • garbling
  • misapprehending
  • misconceiving
  • misconstruing
  • misinterpretation
  • misinterpreting
  • misperceiving
  • misreading
  • missing
  • mistake
  • mistaking
  • misunderstanding

Meanings of decoding

  • verb
    1. To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
    2. To figure out something difficult to interpret.
  • noun
    1. An instance of the translation of something into a form more suitable for subsequent processing.

Example Sentences

  • She spent hours decoding the complex cipher.
  • The class learned about decoding messages in ancient languages.
  • He is skilled at decoding body language in conversations.
  • Scientists are decoding the human genome to understand diseases.
  • The spy team focused on decoding enemy communications.

On this page you'll find 110 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to decoding, such as: absorbing, adaptation, analysis, annotation, appreciating, apprehending, assimilating.

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

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illumination

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illustration

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making

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  • decreeing
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