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ciphernoun the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by itremember to put the cipher after the decimal point aught, goose egg, naught(also nought), nil, nothing, o, oh, zero, zilch, zip blank, void a person of no importance or influenceit was either write the Great American Novel or be consigned to the status of a cipher in the annals of literature dwarf, half-pint, insect, insignificancy, lightweight, morsel, nobody, nonentity, nothing, nullity, number, pip-squeak, pygmy(also pigmy), shrimp, snippersnapper, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch no-name, noncelebrityleastinferior, mediocrity, obscurityfigurehead, puppetnonperson big shot, big wheel, bigwig, eminence, figure, kahuna, kingpin, magnate, nabob, personage, somebody, VIP chief, head, lead, leadercelebrity, luminary, notable, personality, planet, star, superstarauthority, superiorgreat power, party, power cipherverbto determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operationswere surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total calculate, compute, figure, reckon, work out add up, average, sum, tally, total, totalizeadd, divide, multiply, subtractallow (for), deduct, factor (in or into or out), figure infigure out, solve (for)count, itemize, numbercalibrate, gauge(also gage), measure, scaleappraise, assess, estimate, evaluate, rate, valuerecalculate, recompute, refigure in the 14th century |