Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coinage
3 senses of coinage
Sense 1
coinage, mintage, specie, metal money -- (coins collectively)
=> currency -- (the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used)
Sense 2
neologism, neology, coinage -- (a newly invented word or phrase)
=> word -- (a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning")
Sense 3
neologism, neology, coinage -- (the act of inventing a word or phrase)
=> invention -- (the act of inventing)