crypto
/ˈkɹɪptəʊ/US/ˈkɹɪptoʊ/
crypto noun: a secret supporter or follower. Also the clipping of cryptocurrency.
Noun
crypto (countable and uncountable, plural cryptos)
- A secret supporter or follower.
- Martin of course is far too dishonest to be outright a crypto or fellow-traveller, but his main influence is pro-Russian and is certainly intended to be so, and I feel reasonably sure he would quislingise in the case of a Russian occupation, if he had not managed to get away on the last plane.2016, George Orwell, Peter Davison, George Orwell: A Life in Letters
Adjective
crypto (comparative more crypto, superlative most crypto)
Also used as
crypto is also the clipping of cryptocurrency.
crypto is also the clipping of cryptography.
crypto is also the clipping of cryptococcus.
crypto is also the clipping of cryptococcosis.
crypto is also the clipping of cryptosporidium.
crypto is also the clipping of cryptosporidiosis.
crypto meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Punjabi
crypto in Tamil
- கிரிப்டோ
crypto in Urdu
- کرپٹو, کریپٹو
crypto in Malayalam
- ക്രിപ്റ്റോ
crypto in Punjabi
- ਕ੍ਰਿਪਟੂ, ਕ੍ਰਿਪਟੋ, ਕਰਿਪਟੂ
Examples of crypto in a sentence
- Until six months ago, stablecoins were a niche pursuit, used mostly in crypto trading and criminal activity.
- Get in on our crypto meme coin with this incredible presale offer.
- But in the past few years, education about crypto assets has been made more available to professionals.
Forms of crypto
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cryptos |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more crypto |
| superlative | most crypto |
Origin of crypto
All senses trace back to clippings of words derived from the prefix crypto-, developed at various times in the 20th and 21st centuries. During the 2010s and 2020s, the "cryptocurrency" sense has become the dominant sense. The "cryptography" sense predates that one; thus, a computer or math geek in earlier decades would be referring to cryptography when using this word. The "secret supporter or follower" sense is clipped from such terms as cryptofascist and cryptocommunist. The several informal senses in medicine referring to several microbe genera or the diseases they cause have existed since circa the mid-20th century.
Words formed from crypto
Phrases with crypto
Words that rhyme with crypto
Questions about crypto
- What does crypto mean?
- Crypto means a secret supporter or follower.
- What is crypto in Tamil?
- Crypto in Tamil is கிரிப்டோ. See Crypto meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is crypto?
- Crypto can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce crypto?
- Crypto is pronounced /ˈkɹɪptəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of crypto?
- The plural of crypto is cryptos.
Words near crypto in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crypto (page history and authors); crypto (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crypto (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crypto (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crypto (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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