Antonyms for token


Grammar : Noun
Spell : toh-kuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtoʊ kən


Definition of token

Origin :
  • Old English tacen "sign, symbol, evidence" (related to tæcan "show, explain, teach"), from Proto-Germanic *taiknan (cf. Old Saxon tekan, Old Norse teikn "zodiac sign, omen, token," Old Frisian, Middle Dutch teken, Dutch teken, Old High German zeihhan, German zeichen, Gothic taikn "sign, token"), from PIE root *deik- "to show" (see teach).
  • Meaning "coin-like piece of stamped metal" is first recorded 1590s. Original sense of "evidence" is retained in by the same token (mid-15c.), originally "introducing a corroborating evidence."
  • noun indication, remembrance
Example sentences :
  • Whoever is in need of help the world over, by that token has a claim on us.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • And twice he had been oblivious to that token of their maturing understanding.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • And the women would slowly nod their heads in token of assent.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I wish she would; she could 'bear a message and a token,' as the song says.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • But Alice responded only by moving her head slowly, in token of refusal.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • Then she smiled graciously and nodded her head in token of acquiescence.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • I was working for you, Auguste, in view of presenting you with a token of friendship.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Beneath every leaf was some token of a delightful awakening.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • But Jeanbernat shook his head, and again waved his hand in token of refusal.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • She was reading, her bosom rising and falling in token of the excitement that possessed her.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini

Synonyms for token

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