noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who decodes secret messages
2. 2
   a machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language wordnet
3. 3
   A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
4. 4
   the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text wordnet

Synonyms

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commentatorcomputercriticcryptologistdeciphererdemonstrator

Antonyms

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coder

Example

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"The scanner is separated into reading head and decoder base."

Etymology

From decode + -er.

Related phrases

decoder ring

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