Overview of noun token

The noun token has 4 senses

• token, item -- (an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'")


• token -- (something serving as a sign of something else)


• token -- (a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines)


• keepsake, souvenir, token, relic -- (something of sentimental value)

Overview of adj token

The adj token has 1 sense

• nominal, token, tokenish -- (insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a toknenish gesture")