TOKEN
What does "TOKEN" mean?
A thing serving as a visible sign or symbol of a fact, feeling, or value.
Meanings
- An object or gesture representing a feeling, fact, or quality. He gave her a ring as a token of his love.
- A small stamped disc or voucher used in place of money in machines or games. You buy tokens at the counter to play the arcade games.
- A unit of data or a digital asset, such as a security credential or a cryptocurrency unit. The app issues a fresh login token every time you sign in. technical
- Done as a minimal symbolic gesture rather than a real effort. They made only a token attempt to fix the problem.
Did you know?
- 'Token' and 'teach' are distant cousins from the same Germanic root meaning 'to show' - a token shows a fact, and to teach is to show someone the truth of it.
Word origin
From Old English 'tācen', meaning 'sign, symbol, or evidence', from the same Germanic root as 'teach' - both involve showing or making something known.
Remember it
TOKEN = 'TOKE-N', a small sign you can hold; it 'tokens' (shows) something bigger than itself.
A little poem
A small coin of brass-
worth nothing at any bank,
everything to her.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the arcade coin feel undervalued? Everyone treated it as just a token gesture.
What it teaches
A small symbol can carry a large truth; meaning lives in what a thing stands for, not its price.
Quick facts
What does TOKEN mean?
A thing serving as a visible sign or symbol of a fact, feeling, or value.
Is TOKEN a valid word?
Yes — TOKEN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TOKEN?
TOKEN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does TOKEN come from?
From Old English 'tācen', meaning 'sign, symbol, or evidence', from the same Germanic root as 'teach' - both involve showing or making something known.
What can TOKEN teach us?
A small symbol can carry a large truth; meaning lives in what a thing stands for, not its price.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.