tokenish

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adjective

Resembling a token; symbolic; (by extension) insignificant; nominal.

“a tokenish gesture”

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nominaltokenminimalminimum
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Meanings

adjectivetokenish (comparative more tokenish, superlative most tokenish)

comparative more tokenish · superlative most tokenish

  1. Resembling a token; symbolic; (by extension) insignificant; nominal.

    a tokenish gesture

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveinsignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal)

Similar
nominaltokenminimalminimum
Also see
minimalminimumnominaltoken

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From token + -ish.

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Cite this entry
APA

tokenish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokenish

MLA

“tokenish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokenish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tokenish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokenish.

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