cipher
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈsaɪfər/
- Offensive
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- There is a reason that the main character is such a cipher, so completely without personality.
And they throw me into a fucking gauntlet, you know, and big ass cipher.
- And they throw me into a fucking gauntlet, you know, and big ass cipher.
Examples
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Ohioans are pure mystery, human ciphers capable of sinking into whatever American place we enter.
Academic text (2001) -
Literally, everyone we all know has accomplished more in their careers than this cipher.
Blog text (7) -
I told her everything, while she remained a cipher to me.
Fiction book (1998) -
And the trial was about me, but everybody had a job, and I was to some degree a cipher.
Academic text (2016) -
I presented myself to it as I saw myself in it, a blank, a cipher, a nonentity.
Fiction book (2001) -
Dulcie, in short, is an overdetermined cipher.
Academic text (2008) -
Addams was anything but a cipher for James and Dewey, both of whom admired her philosophical and practical contributions to social politics.
Academic text (2013) -
In the large meeting, he felt like a cipher, having no say in the important decisions being made.
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The politician was viewed as a cipher, with no real impact on the party's direction or policies.
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Though she attended every event, her presence was as a cipher, unnoticed and without influence.
Synonyms
18
2.4
A person who is not important or well known
4
7.7
A person others use to achieve their goals without real power
3
8.1
A person who is unimportant and has no influence
2
8.9
A person who does not keep a steady job
1
9.9
A person who has no power or influence
A person with a high title who has no real power
Antonyms
How Influential
- Literature
14
7.0
26
4.3
5
4.1
- Offensive
3
8.4
- Offensive
18
2.4
3
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cipher comes from the Arabic word sifr, which means 'zero' or 'nothing'. So calling someone a cipher is like calling them a 'zero' in a group — a person with no real power or influence.