Meanings
- idiomaticFor a similar reason; in a similar manner; by virtue of the selfsame phenomenon, through its various aspects.
1 more example
The petroleum and gas of eastern Ohio, and by the same token, of western Pennsylvania and New York are unquestionably derived from the great shale formation of Devonian and subcarboniforous age that underlies this territory, and they are stored in sandstones overlying or interstratified with these shales."
1886 June 25, Edward Orton, “Petroleum and Natural Gas as Found in Ohio”, in Science, volume 7, number 177, →JSTOR, page 561Synonyms: similarly, likewise, along the lines, in the same vein
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseFor a similar reason; in a similar manner; by virtue of the selfsame phenomenon, through its various aspects.
Origin
From token (“evidence, proof”) (obsolete sense).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish samalla tavalla, vastaavasti
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French de même, de la même manière
- de mêmeTranslations
- de la même manièreTranslations
- de la même façonTranslations
- dans le même espritTranslations
- pour les mêmes raisonsTranslations
- dans le même ordre d'idéesTranslations
Spanish de la misma manera, por la misma razón
- de la misma maneraTranslations
- por la misma razónTranslations
Cite this entry
by the same token. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20the%20same%20token
“by the same token.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20the%20same%20token. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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