Synonyms of coinage

coinage

noun

ˈkȯi-nij 

as in invention

something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination

this latest coinage from the minds who gave us the MP3 player

Synonyms & Similar Words

• invention
• innovation
• creation
• product
• contrivance
• concoction
• conception
• design
• device
• wrinkle
• work
• brainchild
• novelty
• gadget
• origination
• contraption
• gizmo
• fantasy
• dream
• vision
• picture
• imagining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• copy
• reproduction
• imitation
• duplication
• duplicate
• replication
• facsimile
• clone
• replica
• carbon copy
• reduplication
• dupe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of coinage

Propagandi, in other words, isn’t just a clever coinage. — Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026

Before the mid-1960s, the United States Mint used silver in everyday coinage. — Nick Perry, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026

Add coinage Courses, digital resources, AI versions of yourself. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026

This book is a deeply scholarly, policy-relevant history of money, from the advent of coinage, paper currency, and bank money in ancient, medieval, and early modern times to the stablecoins and central bank digital currencies of today and tomorrow. — Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025