n. 1 coin, disc You need to buy a token to get through the turnstile 2 symbol, sign, mark, marker, badge, emblem, indication, proof, evidence The purple trim on a Roman toga was a token of its wearer's elevated status 3 souvenir, memento, keepsake, reminder, remembrance, Archaic remembrancer The miniature Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower are tokens of our trips abroad
adj. 4 symbolic, emblematic, representative The panel was made up of three men and a token woman 5 superficial, cosmetic, surface, perfunctory, minimal, slight, nominal We encountered only token resistance when taking over the communications centre