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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

   "All messages on this platform are doubly encrypted to increase security."

2. 2
   convert ordinary language into code wordnet
3. 3
   To transform information using encryption in a way that it is believed only authorized parties can decode.

   "The data was encrypted in transit using AES-GCM."

Synonyms

All synonyms

encodeciphercodecypherencipherencipher

Antonyms

All antonyms

decipherdecodedecryptinform

Example

More examples

"Please don't encrypt your file."

Etymology

From en- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).

Related phrases

self-encrypting

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.