CRYPTOGRAPHY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • act of writing in code or cipher
   
   Synonym(s)
   • coding (what does coding mean?)
   • secret writing (what does secret writing mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) cryptography is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • writing (what does writing mean?)
   • committal to writing (what does committal to writing mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • encoding (what does encoding mean?)
   • encryption (what does encryption mean?)
   • recoding (what does recoding mean?)
   • decoding (what does decoding mean?)
   • decryption (what does decryption mean?)
   • decipherment (what does decipherment mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • encode (what does encode mean?)
   • code (what does code mean?)
   • encipher (what does encipher mean?)
   • cipher (what does cipher mean?)
   • cypher (what does cypher mean?)
   • encrypt (what does encrypt mean?)
   • inscribe (what does inscribe mean?)
   • write in code (what does write in code mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
   
   Synonym(s)
   • cryptanalysis (what does cryptanalysis mean?)
   • cryptanalytics (what does cryptanalytics mean?)
   • cryptology (what does cryptology mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) cryptography is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • science (what does science mean?)
   • scientific discipline (what does scientific discipline mean?)