decoder

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UK/dɪˈkəʊdə(ɹ)/

noun

A person who decodes secret messages

Similar
decipherer
OriginEnglish decode ← Middle English code ← Old French code →
CommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

noundecoder (plural decoders)

plural decoders

  1. A person who decodes secret messages
  2. A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text

Similar
decipherer
Broader
intellectualintellect
Also see
deciphererinterpreter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Latincaudex
  8. Latincōdex
  9. Old Frenchcode
  10. Middle Englishcode
  11. Englishcode
  12. Englishdecode
  13. Englishdecoder

From decode + -er.

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Translations

Catalan descodificador
  • descodificadorA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Czech dekodér
  • dekodérA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Dutch decoder
  • decoderA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Estonian dekooder
  • dekooderA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Finnish koodin purkaja, dekooderi
  • koodin purkajaA person who decodes secret messages
  • dekooderiA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
French décodeur
  • décodeurA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
German Dekodierer, Dekodiererin
  • DekodiererA person who decodes secret messages
  • DekodiererinA person who decodes secret messages
  • DekoderA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Greek αποκωδικοποιητής
  • αποκωδικοποιητής (apokodikopoiitís)A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Italian decoder, decodificatore
  • decoderA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
  • decodificatoreA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Malay dekoder
  • dekoderA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Polish dekoder, deszyfrator
  • dekoderA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
  • deszyfratorA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Romanian decodor
  • decodorA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Spanish descodificador, decodificador
  • descodificadorA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
  • decodificadorA device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Cite this entry
APA

decoder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decoder

MLA

“decoder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decoder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decoder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decoder.

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