coiner
Maker of neologisms
A coiner is someone who coins—whether money or words.
Historically, coiners were mint workers or, more often, counterfeiters who made fake currency.
The word now appears mainly in discussions of who coined a particular term: Shakespeare was a prolific coiner of new words.
The figurative sense has largely displaced the literal one.
Skilled prose artisan
- inventorCreator of original devices
- creatorOne who produces something
- originatorOne who initiates
- popularizerOne who broadens appeal
attribution · etymology · neologism · portmanteau · blend · phrase · expression · term
Aromatic culinary herb
- dieStop being alive
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- pressApply force downward
- planchetUnstamped coin disc
blank · stamp · punch · mintmark · assayer · bullion · medallion · token
One who fakes documents
- counterfeiterOne who fakes currency
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- fakeNot the real thing
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
phony · imitation · sham · bogus · clipping · debasing · filing · sweating
wordsmith
Skilled prose artisan
- inventorCreator of original devices
- creatorOne who produces something
- originatorOne who initiates
popularizer · attribution · etymology · neologism · portmanteau · blend · phrase · expression · term · lexicon
mint
Aromatic culinary herb
planchet · blank · stamp · punch · mintmark · assayer · bullion · medallion · token · proof
forger
One who fakes documents
- counterfeiterOne who fakes currency
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- fakeNot the real thing
fraud · phony · imitation · sham · bogus · clipping · debasing · filing · sweating · passing
alloy
Metallic combination
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- castingShaping through liquid form
bronze · copper · silver · gold · platinum · nickel · ingot · ore · refining · crucible
collector
One who gathers items
- numismatistCurrency and medal scholar
- specimenIndividual for examination
- gradingAssigning marks to work
auction · rarity · mintmark · proof · commemorative · obverse · reverse · edge · hoard · treasure
- mintingmintmarks, die maker, mint mark, dies, die cutter
- metalworkersblacksmith, blacksmiths, silversmith, silversmiths, goldsmith
- Wordsmithswordsmith, author, poet, lyricist, copywriter
- namerschristener, labeler, nicknamer, baptizer, designator
- flip a coinRandom two-option selector
- coin tossRandom two-outcome selection
- coin flipRandom binary determination
- gold coinsCurrency struck from precious yellow metal
- toss a coinRandom binary decision method
- ancient coinsCurrency from past eras
coin, coins, coinage, coining, coined, coinages, coiners, recoined, recoin