Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decipher

2 senses of decipher

Sense 1
decode, decrypt, decipher -- (convert code into ordinary language)
       => rewrite -- (write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis")

Sense 2
decipher, trace -- (read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs")
       => read -- (interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?")