tokenish

1. 1.

   insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)

   “the fee was nominal”

   “a token gesture of resistance”

   “a tokenish gesture”

   Synonymsnominaltoken

   Similarminimal

Questions about tokenish

What does tokenish mean?

tokenish means "insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)".

How many syllables are in tokenish?

tokenish has 3 syllables: to-ke-nish. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for tokenish?

Close synonyms include nominal, token. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tokenish a common word?

tokenish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.