Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tokenish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
to-ken-ish
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

From token + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more tokenish (comparative) most tokenish (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

tokenism

Synonyms

nominal token

Questions

What does tokenish mean?
Resembling a token; symbolic; (by extension) insignificant; nominal.
Where does tokenish come from?
From token + -ish.

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