· a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

Synonym(s): zero, 0, nought, cipher

Hypernym(s): digit, figure

· a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

Synonym(s): nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, goose_egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo

Hypernym(s): relative_quantity

· a person of no influence

Synonym(s): cipher, nobody, nonentity

Hypernym(s): commoner, common_man, common_person

· a secret method of writing

Synonym(s): cipher, cryptograph, secret_code

Hypernym(s): code

· a message written in a secret code

Synonym(s): cipher

Hypernym(s): message

· convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"

Synonym(s): code, encipher, cipher, encrypt, inscribe, write_in_code

Hypernym(s): encode

· make a mathematical calculation or computation

Synonym(s): calculate, cipher, compute, work_out, reckon, figure

Hypernym(s): reason