cryptograph

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noun

A cipher or cryptogram.

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ciphercyphersecret codecryptogramsecret writing
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Meanings

nouncryptograph (plural cryptographs)

plural cryptographs

  1. A cipher or cryptogram.

    decipherers of cryptograph

    1873, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
  2. A device used for encrypting or decrypting text.
verbcryptograph (third-person singular simple present cryptographs, present participle cryptographing, simple past and past participle cryptographed)

present singular third person cryptographs · participle present cryptographing · participle past cryptographed · past cryptographed

  1. rareTo write text using a code or cipher.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna secret method of writing

Similar
ciphercyphersecret code
Broader
code

nouna piece of writing in code or cipher

Similar
cryptogramsecret writing
Broader
writingwritten materialpiece of writing
Also see
ciphercryptogramcypher

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From crypto- + -graph.

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Cite this entry
APA

cryptograph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptograph

MLA

“cryptograph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptograph. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryptograph,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptograph.

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