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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encrypt |
| Synonyms: | cipher, conceal, cryptograph, make secret, put into code |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | numeral; numeric value |
| Synonyms: | amount, character, chiffer, cipher, cost, digit, integer, number, price, quotation, rate, sum, symbol, terms, total, worth |
| Antonyms: | letter |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, compute |
| Synonyms: | add, cast, cipher, count, count heads, count noses, cut ice, dope out, enumerate, estimate, fix a price, foot*, guess, keep tabs, number, reckon, run down, sum, summate, take account of, tally, tot, tot up, total, totalize, tote, work out |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand; decide, infer |
| Synonyms: | catch on to, cipher, clear up, comprehend, conclude, crack, decipher, decode, determine, discover, disentangle, dope out, fathom, follow, get*, make heads or tails of, make out, master, opine, puzzle out, reason, resolve, rule, see, settle, solve, suppose, think, think out, unfold, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | figurehead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is leader in name only |
| Synonyms: | cipher, front*, mouthpiece, nominal head, nonentity, nothing, puppet*, straw boss, straw person, titular head, token |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | key |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answer, solution |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, brand, cipher, clue, code, core, crux, cue, earmark, explanation, fulcrum, guide, hinge, index, indicator, interpretation, lead, lever, marker, means, nexus, nucleus, passport, password, pivot, pointer, root, sign, symptom, ticket, translation |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | legend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief description in document |
| Synonyms: | cipher, code, device, epigraph, epitaph, head, heading, inscription, key, motto, rubric, table, underline |
| Main Entry: | nobody/nonentity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person of little importance |
| Synonyms: | cipher, insignificancy, lightweight, menial, nix, nothing, parvenu, small potato, squirt, upstart, wimp*, zero*, zip |
| Antonyms: | somebody |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nothing/nothingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emptiness, nonexistence |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, aught, blank, cipher, extinction, fly speck, insignificancy, naught, nihility, nobody, nonbeing, nonentity, not anything, nought, nullity, obliteration, oblivion, shutout, trifle, void, wind*, zero*, zilch, zip |
| Antonyms: | capacity, fullness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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