first among equals
opposite number
father
hierarch
big kahuna
high-status
officer
vice
titleholder
subleadership
den mother
signal
head honcho
preeminence
status
inferior
leader
king of the castle
topper
second banana
high-level
nonequal
best
world leader
second fiddle
underling
higher-up
subgroup
who's your daddy
master spirit
grand
retainer
leaderlike
above
lesser mortal
first fiddle
chief
take the lead
leet
upper
hold the cards
rank
echelon
leadership
ringwraith
magnifico
leaderful
ranker
hierarchy
dominance
follower
above one's station
road captain
boss
ascendancy
eminent
social status
stand
high
highman
slot
guru
line
delta male
adjunct
better
upperclassmanship
material
omega male
kingmaker
bush league
second-in-command
subordination
magnate
elevated
high muckamuck
beneath
second
submember
highly
stratocrat
associate
dignitary
overdog
man
mugwump
eminence
senior
separate the sheep from the goats
big wheel
ascendant
position
promotion
ascendent
token
gaffer
high-status
vice
signal
high-level
grand
leaderlike
leet
upper
leaderful
eminent
high
elevated
second
above
best
better
highly
first among equals
opposite number
father
hierarch
big kahuna
officer
titleholder
subleadership
den mother
head honcho
preeminence
status
inferior
leader
king of the castle
topper
second banana
nonequal
best
world leader
second fiddle
underling
higher-up
subgroup
master spirit
retainer
lesser mortal
first fiddle
chief
echelon
leadership
ringwraith
magnifico
ranker
hierarchy
dominance
follower
road captain
boss
ascendancy
social status
highman
slot
guru
line
delta male
vice
adjunct
upperclassmanship
material
omega male
kingmaker
bush league
second-in-command
subordination
magnate
high muckamuck
submember
stratocrat
associate
dignitary
overdog
man
mugwump
eminence
senior
big wheel
ascendant
position
promotion
ascendent
token
gaffer
take the lead
hold the cards
rank
stand
separate the sheep from the goats
noun
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- One who holds a public office.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
- A commissioned officer.
verb
adj
noun
- One who acts in place of a superior.
- A winding or spiral staircase.
- A bad habit.
- A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
- Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
adj
noun
- A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- A signalling interaction between cells
- An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
- Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
- An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
- A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
- Useful information, as opposed to noise.
- An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.
- A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
- A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
verb
noun
- A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
- The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.
- Prestige or high standing.
- A situation or state of affairs.
- The legal condition of a person or thing.
- A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
noun
adj
- Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
- (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
- Lower in rank, status, or quality.
- On the side of a flower which is next to the bract.
- Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad.
- Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.
- Situated below some other organ (said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx).
- Of low rank, standard or quality.
- Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
- Below the horizon.
- Printed in subscript.
noun
- A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
- The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
- One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
- One having authority to direct.
- A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
- The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
- an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs
- Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
- A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
- The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
- A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
- A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
- A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
- Any person who leads or directs.
- The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
- Someone or something that leads or conducts.
- One who goes first.
- A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
- A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
- The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
- A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
- A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
- A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
- A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
noun
- the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
- a worker who makes or adds the top to something
- a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)
- an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before
- a woman's short coat
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
adj
- Of or pertaining to a person of a high social position or high rank within a hierarchy or organization.
- Taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation.
- Consisting of such people.
- Consisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions.
adj
- Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
- Of a large size or extent; great.
- Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
- Fine; lovely.
- Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
- Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
noun
adv
- Higher in rank, power, or position.
- On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
- Above zero; above freezing.
- More in number.
- Into or from heaven; in the sky.
- Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
- In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
- Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
prep
- In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
- Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
- Higher in rank, status, or position.
- Farther north than.
- In preference to.
- Upstage of.
- Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
- Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
- Beyond; on the other side.
- Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
- In addition to; besides.
adj
noun
noun
- A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
- An informal term of address.
- The principal part or top of anything.
- An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
- The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
adj
verb
adj
- At a higher level, rank or position.
- Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
- younger, more recent
- Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
noun
- A denture or retainer for the teeth in the upper jaw.
- The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.
- An upper berth or bunk.
- That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
- A stimulant, such as amphetamine, that increases energy and decreases appetite.
- The upper portion of something
- Someone with higher social standing
- A spiritual passageway through which consciousness can reach a higher dimension.
- A senior student.
- A tooth in the upper jaw.
- The Y-shaped strap on flip-flops.
verb
- take or have a position relative to others
- assign a rank or rating to
- take precedence or surpass others in rank
noun
- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- relative status
- the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
- position in a social hierarchy
- the body of members of an organization or group
adj
noun
- A social, religious, economic or political system or organization in which people or groups of people are ranked with some superior to others based on their status, authority or some other trait.
- A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
- Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.
noun
- Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
- The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
- The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
- The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.
noun
- A leader who steers or directs a group.
- An experienced rider who organizes and marshals the motorcycle club on the road.
- The captain of a bicycle racing team, who sets the pace.
- One who is in charge of a group while it is travelling or patrolling a road
- A person who has official responsibility for maintaining a section of road.
noun
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- Wife.
- An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A term of address to a man.
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
adj
verb
noun
- Supremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant.
- A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century
- A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.
noun
- One's position within a social hierarchy, one's social class along with any personal social advantages or disadvantages, one's value relative to society.
verb
- To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
- To be valid.
- Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
- To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
- To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
- To remain without ruin or injury.
- To place in an upright or standing position.
- To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
- To appear in court.
- To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
- To be positioned to gain or lose.
- To undergo; withstand; hold up.
- To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
- To remain motionless.
- To be present, to have welled up.
- To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
- To measure when erect on the feet.
- To be a candidate (in an election).
- To act as an umpire.
- To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
- To tolerate.
- To cover the expense of; to pay for.
- To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
- To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
noun
- A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
- A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
- A single set, as of arms.
- The act of standing.
- A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
- A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
- An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
- A partnership.
- A defensive position or effort.
- A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
- The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
- An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
- A device to hold something upright or aloft.
- A period of performance in a given location or venue.
- A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
- Grandstand. (often in the plural)
- A type of supernatural ability from the anime and manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, named for the fact that they appear to 'stand' next to their user.
- A location or position where one may stand.
- A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
adj
- standing above others in quality or position
- happy and excited and energetic
- (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
- slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
noun
- a lofty level or position or degree
- an air mass of higher than normal pressure
- a state of sustained elation
- a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
- a high place
- a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
- a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
adv
- at a great altitude
- in or to a high position, amount, or degree
- in a rich manner
- far up toward the source
adj
noun
- a position in a hierarchy or organization
- a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
- a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)
- a time assigned on a schedule or agenda
- the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
- (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
- a slot machine that is used for gambling
verb
noun
- The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
- A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
- A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
- A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
- A verse (in poetry).
- One fortieth of an inch.
- The goal line.
- An edge of a graph.
- A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
- An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
- A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
- The equator.
- A vascular catheter.
- A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
- A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
- A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
- The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
- a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
- A hose or pipe, of any size.
- A letter, a written form of communication.
- A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
- A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
- A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
- A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
- A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
- The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
- A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
- A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
- A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
- Direction, path.
- A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
- Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
- The batter's box.
- A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
- The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
- That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
- Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
- A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
- Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude
- One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
- The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
- One sixteenth of an inch.
- One twelfth of an inch.
- A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- A clothesline.
- The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
- Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
- Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
- A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
- A group of forwards that play together.
- A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
verb
- To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
- To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
- To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
- To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
- To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
- To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
- To read or repeat line by line.
- To form a line along.
- To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
- To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
- To measure.
- To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
noun
- A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
- An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
- A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that modifies its meaning.
- A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
- Symploce.
- One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
- A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
- An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
adj
adv
- from a position of superiority or authority
- comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
verb
adj
- (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
- more than half
adj
- (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
noun
noun
- A person, or people collectively, who are qualified for a certain position or activity.
- All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard.
- Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
- The substance that something is made or composed of.
- Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
- Text written for a specific purpose.
- A sample or specimens for study.
- Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.
- An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.
adj
noun
- A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.
- In medieval and early modern Italy, a member of a legally defined category of especially wealthy patrician families, often deprived of the right to political participation by republican governments.
- Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.
adj
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
adv
noun
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- An additional helping of food.
- Something that is number two in a series.
- A second-class honours degree.
- One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- Second base.
- A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- The second gear of an engine.
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
verb
- To climb after a lead climber.
- To assist or support; to back.
- To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under [[#Etymology 3]] for translations.)
- To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from the English adjective above.)
- To accompany by singing as the second performer.
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
noun
- a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
- a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another
- a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
verb
- make a logical or causal connection
- keep company with; hang out with
- bring or come into association or action
adj
noun
- A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
- An adult male servant.
- A husband.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.)
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
- A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
- An adult male human.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
- A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)
- A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
- All human males collectively: mankind.
- A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A vassal; a subject.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
adj
pron
name
verb
- To take up position in order to operate (something).
- To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
intj
noun
- A (male) leader; an important (male) person.
- A member of the Republican Party who declined to support the party's nominee James G. Blaine (1830–1893) during the 1884 United States presidential election, believing him to be corrupt, and instead supported the Democratic Party's candidate Grover Cleveland (1837–1908).
- One who switches from supporting one political party to another, especially for personal benefit.
- A person who stays neutral or non-committal; a fence sitter; also, a person who maintains an aloof and often self-important demeanour.
- A person who purports to stay aloof from party politics.
verb
noun
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- a job in an organization
- the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
- the appropriate or customary location
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- a condition or position in which you find yourself
- a rationalized mental attitude
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
verb
noun
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A keepsake.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- A tally.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
verb
adj
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- He was hired as the company's token black person.
- Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
English words for 'A person or position that is formally of equal rank to others in a group, but nonetheless takes a leading role within that group.'
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