Code definition
Code is a noun meaning "a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)." It has 6 meanings, as a noun and a verb, listed below with an example sentence.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 4
- How common
- Everyday word
Code as a noun
a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
Same sense: codification
a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
Same sense: computer code
a series of letters, numbers or symbols assigned to something for the purpose of classification or identification
Code as a verb
attach a code to
"Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"
convert ordinary language into code
Same sense: write in code, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, encipher
Synonyms and antonyms
- codification
- computer code
- write in code
- cipher
- cypher
- encrypt
- inscribe
- encipher
How to say code
Code has 1 syllable and rhymes with road. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with code
- road
- episode
- showed
- download
- mode
- load
- railroad
- upload
- borrowed
- rode
- node
- owed
CODE in word games
- Scrabble
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Anagrams
- 2
Is CODE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check CODE in the word checker, or unscramble CODE to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.