| English noun: cryptography | |||
| 1. | cryptography (cognition) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | ||
| Synonyms | cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptology | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | science, scientific discipline | ||
| 2. | cryptography (act) act of writing in code or cipher | ||
| Synonyms | coding, secret writing, steganography | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | committal to writing, writing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | decipherment, decoding, decryption, encoding, encryption, recoding | ||