diff --git a/docs/pages/pmd/devdocs/major_contributions/adding_a_new_antlr_based_language.md b/docs/pages/pmd/devdocs/major_contributions/adding_a_new_antlr_based_language.md
index c1b8d09d9e..54c11aba0d 100644
--- a/docs/pages/pmd/devdocs/major_contributions/adding_a_new_antlr_based_language.md
+++ b/docs/pages/pmd/devdocs/major_contributions/adding_a_new_antlr_based_language.md
@@ -117,15 +117,15 @@ definitely don't come for free. It is much effort and requires perseverance to i
 
 ## 5.  Create a TokenManager
 *   This is needed to support CPD (copy paste detection)
-*   We provide a default implementation using [`AntlrTokenManager`](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/AntlrTokenizer.java).
-*   You must create your own "AntlrTokenizer" such as we do with
-    [`SwiftTokenizer`](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftTokenizer.java).
+*   We provide a default implementation using [`AntlrTokenManager`](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/impl/antlr4/AntlrTokenManager.java).
+*   You must create your own "AntlrCpdLexer" such as we do with
+    [`SwiftCpdLexer`](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftCpdLexer.java).
 *   If you wish to filter specific tokens (e.g. comments to support CPD suppression via "CPD-OFF" and "CPD-ON")
     you can create your own implementation of
     [`AntlrTokenFilter`](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/AntlrTokenFilter.java).
     You'll need to override then the protected method `getTokenFilter(AntlrTokenManager)`
-    and return your custom filter. See the tokenizer for C# as an exmaple:
-    [`CsTokenizer`](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsTokenizer.java).
+    and return your custom filter. See the CpdLexer for C# as an exmaple:
+    [`CsCpdLexer`](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsCpdLexer.java).
     
     If you don't need a custom token filter, you don't need to override the method. It returns the default
     `AntlrTokenFilter` which doesn't filter anything.
diff --git a/docs/pages/pmd/devdocs/major_contributions/adding_new_cpd_language.md b/docs/pages/pmd/devdocs/major_contributions/adding_new_cpd_language.md
index 665aa7ce18..9261c50e18 100644
--- a/docs/pages/pmd/devdocs/major_contributions/adding_new_cpd_language.md
+++ b/docs/pages/pmd/devdocs/major_contributions/adding_new_cpd_language.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ author: Matías Fraga, Clément Fournier
 ## Adding support for a CPD language
 
 CPD works generically on the tokens produced by a {% jdoc core::cpd.Tokenizer %}.
-To add support for a new language, the crucial piece is writing a tokenizer that
+To add support for a new language, the crucial piece is writing a CpdLexer that
 splits the source file into the tokens specific to your language. Thankfully you
 can use a stock [Antlr grammar](https://github.com/antlr/grammars-v4) or JavaCC
 grammar to generate a lexer for you. If you cannot use a lexer generator, for
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ Use the following guide to set up a new language module that supports CPD.
     the lexer from the grammar. To do so, edit `pom.xml` (eg like [the Golang module](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/tree/master/pmd-go/pom.xml)).
       Once that is done, `mvn generate-sources` should generate the lexer sources for you.
 
-      You can now implement a tokenizer, for instance by extending {% jdoc core::cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer %}. The following reproduces the Go implementation:
+      You can now implement a CpdLexer, for instance by extending {% jdoc core::cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer %}. The following reproduces the Go implementation:
     ```java
     // mind the package convention if you are going to make a PR
     package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.go.cpd;
 
-    public class GoTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+    public class GoCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
 
         @Override
         protected Lexer getLexerForSource(CharStream charStream) {
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ If your language only supports CPD, then you can subclass {% jdoc core::lang.imp
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-            // This method should return an instance of the tokenizer you created.
-            return new GoTokenizer();
+        public Tokenizer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+            // This method should return an instance of the CpdLexer you created.
+            return new GoCpdLexer();
         }
     } 
     ```
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ If your language only supports CPD, then you can subclass {% jdoc core::lang.imp
 
 4. Update the test that asserts the list of supported languages by updating the `SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES` constant in [BinaryDistributionIT](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-dist/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/it/BinaryDistributionIT.java).
 
-5. Add some tests for your tokenizer by following the [section below](#testing-your-implementation).
+5. Add some tests for your CpdLexer by following the [section below](#testing-your-implementation).
 
 6. Finishing up your new language module by adding a page in the documentation. Create a new markdown file
    `<langId>.md` in `docs/pages/pmd/languages/`. This file should have the following frontmatter:
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ If your language only supports CPD, then you can subclass {% jdoc core::lang.imp
    {% endraw %}
    ```
 
-### Declaring tokenizer options
+### Declaring CpdLexer options
 
-To make the tokenizer configurable, first define some property descriptors using
-{% jdoc core::properties.PropertyFactory %}. Look at {% jdoc core::cpd.Tokenizer %}
+To make the CpdLexer configurable, first define some property descriptors using
+{% jdoc core::properties.PropertyFactory %}. Look at {% jdoc core::cpd.CpdLexer %}
 for some predefined ones which you can reuse (prefer reusing property descriptors if you can).
 You need to override {% jdoc core::Language#newPropertyBundle() %}
 and call `definePropertyDescriptor` to register the descriptors.
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ of {% jdoc core::cpd.CpdCapableLanguage#createCpdTokenizer(core::lang.LanguagePr
 
 To implement simple token filtering, you can use {% jdoc core::cpd.impl.BaseTokenFilter %}
 as a base class, or another base class in {% jdoc_package core::cpd.impl %}.
-Take a look at the [Kotlin token filter implementation](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinTokenizer.java), or the [Java one](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaTokenizer.java).
+Take a look at the [Kotlin token filter implementation](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinCpdLexer.java), or the [Java one](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/blob/master/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaCpdLexer.java).
 
 
 ### Testing your implementation
 
 Add a Maven dependency on `pmd-lang-test` (scope `test`) in your `pom.xml`.
-This contains utilities to test your tokenizer.
+This contains utilities to test your CpdLexer.
 
 Create a test class extending from {% jdoc lang-test::cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest %}.
 To add tests, you need to write regular JUnit `@Test`-annotated methods, and
diff --git a/docs/pages/pmd/languages/language_properties.md b/docs/pages/pmd/languages/language_properties.md
index 91f396489f..9520ae1fd0 100644
--- a/docs/pages/pmd/languages/language_properties.md
+++ b/docs/pages/pmd/languages/language_properties.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PropertyName is the name of the property converted to SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE, that
 
 As a convention, properties whose name start with an *x* are internal and may be removed or changed without notice.
 
-Properties whose name start with **CPD** are used to configure CPD tokenizer options.
+Properties whose name start with **CPD** are used to configure CPD CpdLexer options.
 
 Programmatically, the language properties can be set on `PMDConfiguration` (or `CPDConfiguration`) before using the
 {%jdoc core::PmdAnalyzer %} (or {%jdoc core::cpd.CpdAnalyzer %}) instance
diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 1f34893c17..f008f72888 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -159,10 +159,14 @@ The following previously deprecated classes have been removed:
       If the current version is needed, then `Node.getTextDocument().getLanguageVersion()` can be used. This
       is the version that has been selected via CLI `--use-version` parameter.
 
-**Renamed classes**
+**Renamed classes and methods **
 
 * pmd-core
   * {%jdoc_old core::lang.ast.TokenMgrError %} has been renamed to {% jdoc core::lang.ast.LexException %}
+  * {%jdoc_old core::cpd.Tokenizer %} has been renamed to {% jdoc core::cpd.CpdLexer %}. Along with this rename,
+    all the implementations have been renamed as well (`Tokenizer` -> `CpdLexer`), e.g. "CppCpdLexer", "JavaCpdLexer".
+    This affects all language modules.
+  * {%jdoc_old core::cpd.AnyTokenizer %} has been renamed to {% jdoc core::cpd.AnyCpdLexer %}.
 
 #### External Contributions
 * [#4640](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/4640): \[cli] Launch script fails if run via "bash pmd" - [Shai Bennathan](https://github.com/shai-bennathan) (@shai-bennathan)
diff --git a/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/ApexLanguageModule.java b/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/ApexLanguageModule.java
index acb0bb19c0..f3e8f4c64c 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/ApexLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/ApexLanguageModule.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdCapableLanguage;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageModuleBase;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageProcessor;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.PmdCapableLanguage;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.cpd.ApexTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.cpd.ApexCpdLexer;
 
 public class ApexLanguageModule extends LanguageModuleBase implements PmdCapableLanguage, CpdCapableLanguage {
     private static final String ID = "apex";
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class ApexLanguageModule extends LanguageModuleBase implements PmdCapable
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new ApexTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new ApexCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexTokenizer.java b/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexCpdLexer.java
similarity index 93%
rename from pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexCpdLexer.java
index 22319de686..688dce3d4e 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-apex/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexCpdLexer.java
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ import org.antlr.runtime.ANTLRStringStream;
 import org.antlr.runtime.Lexer;
 import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
 
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.TokenFactory;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.ApexJorjeLogging;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 
 import apex.jorje.parser.impl.ApexLexer;
 
-public class ApexTokenizer implements Tokenizer {
+public class ApexCpdLexer implements CpdLexer {
 
-    public ApexTokenizer() {
+    public ApexCpdLexer() {
         ApexJorjeLogging.disableLogging();
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-apex/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-apex/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 88%
rename from pmd-apex/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-apex/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexCpdLexerTest.java
index eee012f27f..d1f6a32143 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-apex/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/cpd/ApexCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.ApexLanguageModule;
 
-class ApexTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class ApexCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    ApexTokenizerTest() {
+    ApexCpdLexerTest() {
         super(ApexLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".cls");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-coco/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/CocoLanguageModule.java b/pmd-coco/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/CocoLanguageModule.java
index 6f293579f3..711a4a730b 100644
--- a/pmd-coco/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/CocoLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-coco/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/CocoLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.coco;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.coco.cpd.CocoTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.coco.cpd.CocoCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
 
 /**
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class CocoLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new CocoTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new CocoCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-coco/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoTokenizer.java b/pmd-coco/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoCpdLexer.java
similarity index 80%
rename from pmd-coco/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-coco/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoCpdLexer.java
index 2467db44a0..cda9ab4b7f 100644
--- a/pmd-coco/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-coco/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoCpdLexer.java
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.coco.cpd;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.coco.ast.CocoLexer;
 
 /**
  * The Coco Tokenizer.
  */
-public class CocoTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+public class CocoCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected Lexer getLexerForSource(CharStream charStream) {
diff --git a/pmd-coco/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-coco/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 85%
rename from pmd-coco/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-coco/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoCpdLexerTest.java
index bdb3735151..3ef139cc41 100644
--- a/pmd-coco/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-coco/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/coco/cpd/CocoCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.coco.CocoLanguageModule;
 
-class CocoTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
-    CocoTokenizerTest() {
+class CocoCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+    CocoCpdLexerTest() {
         super(CocoLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".coco");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/EcmascriptTokenizer.java b/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/EcmascriptTokenizer.java
index f75312c469..a63b348db2 100644
--- a/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/EcmascriptTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/EcmascriptTokenizer.java
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
 
-public class EcmascriptTokenizer extends net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.cpd.EcmascriptTokenizer {
+public class EcmascriptTokenizer extends net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.cpd.EcmascriptCpdLexer implements Tokenizer {
 }
diff --git a/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JSPTokenizer.java b/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JSPTokenizer.java
index 76b768afd8..2e6f8d112b 100644
--- a/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JSPTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JSPTokenizer.java
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
 
-public class JSPTokenizer extends net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.cpd.JSPTokenizer {
+public class JSPTokenizer extends net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.cpd.JspCpdLexer implements Tokenizer {
 }
diff --git a/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaTokenizer.java b/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaTokenizer.java
index 113663cffa..1f71aa8b6c 100644
--- a/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/JavaTokenizer.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.JavaLanguageModule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.internal.JavaLanguageProperties;
 
-public class JavaTokenizer extends net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.cpd.JavaTokenizer {
+public class JavaTokenizer extends net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.cpd.JavaCpdLexer implements Tokenizer {
     public JavaTokenizer(Properties properties) {
         super(convertLanguageProperties(properties));
     }
diff --git a/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Tokenizer.java b/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Tokenizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ece7fc3618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-compat6/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Tokenizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
+
+public interface Tokenizer extends CpdLexer {
+}
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyTokenizer.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyCpdLexer.java
similarity index 91%
rename from pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyCpdLexer.java
index 0d3de7a45d..db0988c0ff 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyCpdLexer.java
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.util.StringUtil;
  * Higher-quality lexers should be implemented with a lexer generator.
  *
  * <p>In PMD 7, this replaces AbstractTokenizer, which provided nearly
- * no more functionality.
+ * no more functionality.</p>
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called AnyTokenizer in PMD 6.</p>
  */
-public class AnyTokenizer implements Tokenizer {
+public class AnyCpdLexer implements CpdLexer {
 
     private static final Pattern DEFAULT_PATTERN = makePattern("");
 
@@ -40,15 +41,15 @@ public class AnyTokenizer implements Tokenizer {
     private final Pattern pattern;
     private final String commentStart;
 
-    public AnyTokenizer() {
+    public AnyCpdLexer() {
         this(DEFAULT_PATTERN, "");
     }
 
-    public AnyTokenizer(String eolCommentStart) {
+    public AnyCpdLexer(String eolCommentStart) {
         this(makePattern(eolCommentStart), eolCommentStart);
     }
 
-    private AnyTokenizer(Pattern pattern, String commentStart) {
+    private AnyCpdLexer(Pattern pattern, String commentStart) {
         this.pattern = pattern;
         this.commentStart = commentStart;
     }
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpdAnalysis.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpdAnalysis.java
index 450aef4525..7668a29a61 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpdAnalysis.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpdAnalysis.java
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ public final class CpdAnalysis implements AutoCloseable {
         this.listener = cpdListener;
     }
 
-    private int doTokenize(TextDocument document, Tokenizer tokenizer, Tokens tokens) throws IOException, LexException {
+    private int doTokenize(TextDocument document, CpdLexer cpdLexer, Tokens tokens) throws IOException, LexException {
         LOGGER.trace("Tokenizing {}", document.getFileId().getAbsolutePath());
         int lastTokenSize = tokens.size();
-        Tokenizer.tokenize(tokenizer, document, tokens);
+        CpdLexer.tokenize(cpdLexer, document, tokens);
         return tokens.size() - lastTokenSize - 1; /* EOF */
     }
 
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ public final class CpdAnalysis implements AutoCloseable {
     public void performAnalysis(Consumer<CPDReport> consumer) {
 
         try (SourceManager sourceManager = new SourceManager(files.getCollectedFiles())) {
-            Map<Language, Tokenizer> tokenizers =
+            Map<Language, CpdLexer> tokenizers =
                 sourceManager.getTextFiles().stream()
                              .map(it -> it.getLanguageVersion().getLanguage())
                              .distinct()
                              .filter(it -> it instanceof CpdCapableLanguage)
-                             .collect(Collectors.toMap(lang -> lang, lang -> ((CpdCapableLanguage) lang).createCpdTokenizer(configuration.getLanguageProperties(lang))));
+                             .collect(Collectors.toMap(lang -> lang, lang -> ((CpdCapableLanguage) lang).createCpdLexer(configuration.getLanguageProperties(lang))));
 
             Map<FileId, Integer> numberOfTokensPerFile = new HashMap<>();
 
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpdCapableLanguage.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpdCapableLanguage.java
index 34f854268d..6484713f14 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpdCapableLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpdCapableLanguage.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public interface CpdCapableLanguage extends Language {
 
 
     /**
-     * Create a new {@link Tokenizer} for this language, given
+     * Create a new {@link CpdLexer} for this language, given
      * a property bundle with configuration. The bundle was created by
      * this instance using {@link #newPropertyBundle()}. It can be assumed
      * that the bundle will never be mutated anymore, and this method
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public interface CpdCapableLanguage extends Language {
      *
      * @return A new language processor
      */
-    default Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new AnyTokenizer();
+    default CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new AnyCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Tokenizer.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpdLexer.java
similarity index 73%
rename from pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Tokenizer.java
rename to pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpdLexer.java
index e1bd1e84e2..554c12b4f4 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Tokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/CpdLexer.java
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 
 /**
  * Tokenizes a source file into tokens consumable by CPD.
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This interface has been called Tokenizer in PMD 6.</p>
  */
-public interface Tokenizer {
+public interface CpdLexer {
 
     /**
      * Tokenize the source code and record tokens using the provided token factory.
@@ -22,9 +24,9 @@ public interface Tokenizer {
      * Wraps a call to {@link #tokenize(TextDocument, TokenFactory)} to properly
      * create and close the token factory.
      */
-    static void tokenize(Tokenizer tokenizer, TextDocument textDocument, Tokens tokens) throws IOException {
+    static void tokenize(CpdLexer cpdLexer, TextDocument textDocument, Tokens tokens) throws IOException {
         try (TokenFactory tf = Tokens.factoryForFile(textDocument, tokens)) {
-            tokenizer.tokenize(textDocument, tf);
+            cpdLexer.tokenize(textDocument, tf);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/GUI.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/GUI.java
index 033f40822c..54e98722b2 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/GUI.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/GUI.java
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ public class GUI implements CPDListener {
                                 .extensions(extension)
                                 .name("By extension...")) {
                 @Override
-                public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-                    return new AnyTokenizer();
+                public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+                    return new AnyCpdLexer();
                 }
             };
         }
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/TokenFactory.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/TokenFactory.java
index bf1dd1a2ea..cfc2eba638 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/TokenFactory.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/TokenFactory.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.FileLocation;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 
 /**
- * Proxy to record tokens from within {@link Tokenizer#tokenize(TextDocument, TokenFactory)}.
+ * Proxy to record tokens from within {@link CpdLexer#tokenize(TextDocument, TokenFactory)}.
  */
 public interface TokenFactory extends AutoCloseable {
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public interface TokenFactory extends AutoCloseable {
 
     /**
      * This adds the EOF token, it must be called when
-     * {@link Tokenizer#tokenize(TextDocument, TokenFactory)} is done.
+     * {@link CpdLexer#tokenize(TextDocument, TokenFactory)} is done.
      */
     @Override
     void close();
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Tokens.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Tokens.java
index 82c41f43cb..7bb8aab527 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Tokens.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/Tokens.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class Tokens {
 
     /**
      * Creates a token factory to process the given file with
-     * {@link Tokenizer#tokenize(TextDocument, TokenFactory)}.
+     * {@link CpdLexer#tokenize(TextDocument, TokenFactory)}.
      * Tokens are accumulated in the {@link Tokens} parameter.
      *
      * @param file   Document for the file to process
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/AntlrTokenizer.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/AntlrCpdLexer.java
similarity index 82%
rename from pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/AntlrTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/AntlrCpdLexer.java
index 07e2610d06..3c06996210 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/AntlrTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/AntlrCpdLexer.java
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStreams;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.antlr4.AntlrToken;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.antlr4.AntlrTokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 
 /**
- * Generic implementation of a {@link Tokenizer} useful to any Antlr grammar.
+ * Generic implementation of a {@link CpdLexer} useful to any Antlr grammar.
  */
-public abstract class AntlrTokenizer extends TokenizerBase<AntlrToken> {
+public abstract class AntlrCpdLexer extends CpdLexerBase<AntlrToken> {
     @Override
     protected final TokenManager<AntlrToken> makeLexerImpl(TextDocument doc) throws IOException {
         CharStream charStream = CharStreams.fromReader(doc.newReader(), doc.getFileId().getAbsolutePath());
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/TokenizerBase.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/CpdLexerBase.java
similarity index 87%
rename from pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/TokenizerBase.java
rename to pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/CpdLexerBase.java
index e43627bba7..22478fa344 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/TokenizerBase.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/CpdLexerBase.java
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.TokenFactory;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.GenericToken;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 
 /**
- * Generic base class for a {@link Tokenizer}.
+ * Generic base class for a {@link CpdLexer}.
  */
-public abstract class TokenizerBase<T extends GenericToken<T>> implements Tokenizer {
+public abstract class CpdLexerBase<T extends GenericToken<T>> implements CpdLexer {
 
     protected abstract TokenManager<T> makeLexerImpl(TextDocument doc) throws IOException;
 
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/JavaCCTokenizer.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/JavaCCTokenizer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 319d9dd0f3..0000000000
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/JavaCCTokenizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
- */
-
-package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl;
-
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaccToken;
-
-/**
- * Base class for a {@link Tokenizer} for a language implemented by a JavaCC tokenizer.
- */
-public abstract class JavaCCTokenizer extends TokenizerBase<JavaccToken> {
-
-}
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/JavaccCpdLexer.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/JavaccCpdLexer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f5641aedb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/JavaccCpdLexer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaccToken;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for a {@link CpdLexer} for a language implemented by a JavaCC tokenizer.
+ */
+public abstract class JavaccCpdLexer extends CpdLexerBase<JavaccToken> {
+
+}
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/package-info.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/package-info.java
index 7e2f66591f..aa699a7319 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/package-info.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/impl/package-info.java
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * Utilities to implement a CPD {@link net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer}.
+ * Utilities to implement a CPD {@link net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer}.
  */
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl;
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/package-info.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/package-info.java
index ecb7637667..224bcc8f6a 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/package-info.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/package-info.java
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
  * Token-based copy-paste detection.
  *
  * @see net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdAnalysis
- * @see net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer
+ * @see net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer
  */
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/PlainTextLanguage.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/PlainTextLanguage.java
index 5c4c95cc08..c510759c10 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/PlainTextLanguage.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/PlainTextLanguage.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.annotation.Experimental;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.AnyTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.AnyCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdCapableLanguage;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.AstInfo;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Parser;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Parser.ParserTask;
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ public final class PlainTextLanguage extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase implements
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new AnyTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new AnyCpdLexer();
     }
 
     private static final class TextLvh implements LanguageVersionHandler {
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/impl/javacc/JavaccTokenDocument.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/impl/javacc/JavaccTokenDocument.java
index 5887805ec4..5b727d6dd3 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/impl/javacc/JavaccTokenDocument.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/impl/javacc/JavaccTokenDocument.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaccCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.TokenDocument;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
  * Token document for Javacc implementations. This is a helper object
  * for generated token managers. Note: the extension point is a custom
  * implementation of {@link TokenDocumentBehavior}, see {@link JjtreeParserAdapter#tokenBehavior()},
- * {@link JavaCCTokenizer#tokenBehavior()}
+ * {@link JavaccCpdLexer#tokenBehavior()}
  */
 public final class JavaccTokenDocument extends TokenDocument<JavaccToken> {
 
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/impl/CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/impl/CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase.java
index b66848e2ed..5da636b741 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/impl/CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/impl/CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdCapableLanguage;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageModuleBase;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ public abstract class CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase extends LanguageModuleBase imple
     }
 
     @Override
-    public abstract Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle);
+    public abstract CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle);
 }
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 87%
rename from pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyCpdLexerTest.java
index 467cbc2a5c..c91e3ebd33 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/AnyCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -17,23 +17,23 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.DummyLanguageModule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.FileId;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 
-class AnyTokenizerTest {
+class AnyCpdLexerTest {
 
     @Test
     void testMultiLineMacros() throws IOException {
-        AnyTokenizer tokenizer = new AnyTokenizer("//");
+        AnyCpdLexer tokenizer = new AnyCpdLexer("//");
         compareResult(tokenizer, TEST1, EXPECTED);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testStringEscape() throws IOException {
-        AnyTokenizer tokenizer = new AnyTokenizer("//");
+        AnyCpdLexer tokenizer = new AnyCpdLexer("//");
         compareResult(tokenizer, "a = \"oo\\n\"", listOf("a", "=", "\"oo\\n\"", "EOF"));
     }
 
     @Test
     void testMultilineString() throws IOException {
-        AnyTokenizer tokenizer = new AnyTokenizer("//");
+        AnyCpdLexer tokenizer = new AnyCpdLexer("//");
         Tokens tokens = compareResult(tokenizer, "a = \"oo\n\";", listOf("a", "=", "\"oo\n\"", ";", "EOF"));
         TokenEntry string = tokens.getTokens().get(2);
         assertEquals("\"oo\n\"", string.getImage(tokens));
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ class AnyTokenizerTest {
      */
     @Test
     void testTokenPosition() throws IOException {
-        AnyTokenizer tokenizer = new AnyTokenizer();
+        AnyCpdLexer tokenizer = new AnyCpdLexer();
         TextDocument code = TextDocument.readOnlyString("a;\nbbbb\n;", FileId.UNKNOWN, DummyLanguageModule.getInstance().getDefaultVersion());
         Tokens tokens = new Tokens();
-        Tokenizer.tokenize(tokenizer, code, tokens);
+        CpdLexer.tokenize(tokenizer, code, tokens);
         TokenEntry bbbbToken = tokens.getTokens().get(2);
         assertEquals(2, bbbbToken.getBeginLine());
         assertEquals(1, bbbbToken.getBeginColumn());
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ class AnyTokenizerTest {
     }
 
 
-    private Tokens compareResult(AnyTokenizer tokenizer, String source, List<String> expectedImages) throws IOException {
+    private Tokens compareResult(AnyCpdLexer tokenizer, String source, List<String> expectedImages) throws IOException {
         TextDocument code = TextDocument.readOnlyString(source, FileId.UNKNOWN, DummyLanguageModule.getInstance().getDefaultVersion());
         Tokens tokens = new Tokens();
-        Tokenizer.tokenize(tokenizer, code, tokens);
+        CpdLexer.tokenize(tokenizer, code, tokens);
 
         List<String> tokenStrings = new ArrayList<>();
         for (TokenEntry token : tokens.getTokens()) {
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/MatchAlgorithmTest.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/MatchAlgorithmTest.java
index 4eac716b9a..2ddee6712a 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/MatchAlgorithmTest.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/MatchAlgorithmTest.java
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ class MatchAlgorithmTest {
     @Test
     void testSimple() throws IOException {
         DummyLanguageModule dummy = DummyLanguageModule.getInstance();
-        Tokenizer tokenizer = dummy.createCpdTokenizer(dummy.newPropertyBundle());
+        CpdLexer cpdLexer = dummy.createCpdLexer(dummy.newPropertyBundle());
         FileId fileName = FileId.fromPathLikeString("Foo.dummy");
         TextFile textFile = TextFile.forCharSeq(getSampleCode(), fileName, dummy.getDefaultVersion());
         SourceManager sourceManager = new SourceManager(listOf(textFile));
         Tokens tokens = new Tokens();
         TextDocument sourceCode = sourceManager.get(textFile);
-        Tokenizer.tokenize(tokenizer, sourceCode, tokens);
+        CpdLexer.tokenize(cpdLexer, sourceCode, tokens);
         assertEquals(44, tokens.size());
 
         MatchAlgorithm matchAlgorithm = new MatchAlgorithm(tokens, 5);
diff --git a/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/CppLanguageModule.java b/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/CppLanguageModule.java
index d155ae5c0f..e3f1643aee 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/CppLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/CppLanguageModule.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.cpp;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLanguageProperties;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.cpp.cpd.CPPTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.cpp.cpd.CppCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.PropertyDescriptor;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.PropertyFactory;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class CppLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new CPPTokenizer(bundle);
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new CppCpdLexer(bundle);
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CPPTokenizer.java b/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CppCpdLexer.java
similarity index 96%
rename from pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CPPTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CppCpdLexer.java
index 37c2bb166d..5d0e423a51 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CPPTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-cpp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CppCpdLexer.java
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLanguageProperties;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.CpdLexerBase;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenFilter;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.TokenizerBase;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.CharStream;
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 
 /**
  * The C++ tokenizer.
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called CPPTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class CPPTokenizer extends TokenizerBase<JavaccToken> {
+public class CppCpdLexer extends CpdLexerBase<JavaccToken> {
 
     private boolean skipBlocks;
     private Pattern skipBlocksStart;
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ public class CPPTokenizer extends TokenizerBase<JavaccToken> {
     private final boolean ignoreIdentifierAndLiteralSeqences;
     private final boolean ignoreLiteralSequences;
 
-    public CPPTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle cppProperties) {
+    public CppCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle cppProperties) {
         ignoreLiteralSequences = cppProperties.getProperty(CpdLanguageProperties.CPD_IGNORE_LITERAL_SEQUENCES);
         ignoreIdentifierAndLiteralSeqences = cppProperties.getProperty(CpdLanguageProperties.CPD_IGNORE_LITERAL_AND_IDENTIFIER_SEQUENCES);
         String skipBlocksPattern = cppProperties.getProperty(CppLanguageModule.CPD_SKIP_BLOCKS);
diff --git a/pmd-cpp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CppCharStreamTest.java b/pmd-cpp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CppCharStreamTest.java
index e3e760d081..9d16e62bae 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CppCharStreamTest.java
+++ b/pmd-cpp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CppCharStreamTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class CppCharStreamTest {
     public CharStream charStreamFor(String source) {
         CppLanguageModule cpp = CppLanguageModule.getInstance();
         TextDocument textDoc = TextDocument.readOnlyString(source, FileId.UNKNOWN, cpp.getDefaultVersion());
-        CPPTokenizer tokenizer = new CPPTokenizer(cpp.newPropertyBundle());
+        CppCpdLexer tokenizer = new CppCpdLexer(cpp.newPropertyBundle());
         return tokenizer.newCharStream(textDoc);
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-cpp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CPPTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-cpp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CppCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 93%
rename from pmd-cpp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CPPTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-cpp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CppCpdLexerTest.java
index c158848e35..8e7b1b22d5 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CPPTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-cpp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cpp/cpd/CppCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLanguageProperties;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokens;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.LanguagePropertyConfig;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.cpp.CppLanguageModule;
 
-class CPPTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class CppCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    CPPTokenizerTest() {
+    CppCpdLexerTest() {
         super(CppLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".cpp");
     }
 
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ class CPPTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
     @Test
     void testUTFwithBOM() {
-        Tokenizer tokenizer = newTokenizer(dontSkipBlocks());
-        Tokens tokens = tokenize(tokenizer, sourceCodeOf("\ufeffint start()\n{ int ret = 1;\nreturn ret;\n}\n"));
+        CpdLexer cpdLexer = newCpdLexer(dontSkipBlocks());
+        Tokens tokens = tokenize(cpdLexer, sourceCodeOf("\ufeffint start()\n{ int ret = 1;\nreturn ret;\n}\n"));
         assertEquals(15, tokens.size());
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/CsLanguageModule.java b/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/CsLanguageModule.java
index fd53a85d4c..0e458d8a65 100644
--- a/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/CsLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/CsLanguageModule.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.cs;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLanguageProperties;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.cs.cpd.CsTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.cs.cpd.CsCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
 
 /**
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class CsLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new CsTokenizer(bundle);
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new CsCpdLexer(bundle);
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsTokenizer.java b/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsCpdLexer.java
similarity index 97%
rename from pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsCpdLexer.java
index 8d28908150..2628adfe00 100644
--- a/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-cs/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsCpdLexer.java
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLanguageProperties;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenFilter;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.BaseTokenFilter;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
@@ -18,14 +18,16 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.cs.ast.CSharpLexer;
 
 /**
  * The C# tokenizer.
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called CsTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class CsTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+public class CsCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
 
     private final boolean ignoreUsings;
     private final boolean ignoreLiteralSequences;
     private final boolean ignoreAttributes;
 
-    public CsTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle properties) {
+    public CsCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle properties) {
         ignoreUsings = properties.getProperty(CpdLanguageProperties.CPD_IGNORE_IMPORTS);
         ignoreLiteralSequences = properties.getProperty(CpdLanguageProperties.CPD_IGNORE_LITERAL_SEQUENCES);
         ignoreAttributes = properties.getProperty(CpdLanguageProperties.CPD_IGNORE_METADATA);
diff --git a/pmd-cs/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-cs/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 97%
rename from pmd-cs/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-cs/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsCpdLexerTest.java
index 4db5548d11..49e9e81cc1 100644
--- a/pmd-cs/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-cs/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/cs/cpd/CsCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.LanguagePropertyConfig;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.LexException;
 
-class CsTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class CsCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    CsTokenizerTest() {
+    CsCpdLexerTest() {
         super("cs", ".cs");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-dart/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/DartLanguageModule.java b/pmd-dart/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/DartLanguageModule.java
index 11fa573f31..96b4a4d19c 100644
--- a/pmd-dart/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/DartLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-dart/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/DartLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dart;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dart.cpd.DartTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dart.cpd.DartCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
 
 /**
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class DartLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new DartTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new DartCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-dart/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartTokenizer.java b/pmd-dart/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartCpdLexer.java
similarity index 93%
rename from pmd-dart/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-dart/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartCpdLexer.java
index 9ac4a74b71..73c33e448b 100644
--- a/pmd-dart/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-dart/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartCpdLexer.java
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dart.cpd;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenFilter;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.BaseTokenFilter;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.antlr4.AntlrToken;
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dart.ast.DartLexer;
 
 /**
  * The Dart Tokenizer
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called DartTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class DartTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+public class DartCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected Lexer getLexerForSource(CharStream charStream) {
diff --git a/pmd-dart/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-dart/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 94%
rename from pmd-dart/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-dart/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartCpdLexerTest.java
index 02106add09..7d85f57be4 100644
--- a/pmd-dart/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-dart/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/cpd/DartCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class DartTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class DartCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    DartTokenizerTest() {
+    DartCpdLexerTest() {
         super("dart", ".dart");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-fortran/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/fortran/FortranLanguageModule.java b/pmd-fortran/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/fortran/FortranLanguageModule.java
index 72960be9fd..9ad4a81e0a 100644
--- a/pmd-fortran/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/fortran/FortranLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-fortran/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/fortran/FortranLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.fortran;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.AnyTokenizer;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.AnyCpdLexer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class FortranLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new AnyTokenizer("!");
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new AnyCpdLexer("!");
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-fortran/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/fortran/cpd/FortranTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-fortran/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/fortran/cpd/FortranCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 80%
rename from pmd-fortran/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/fortran/cpd/FortranTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-fortran/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/fortran/cpd/FortranCpdLexerTest.java
index ed49ed7030..4174204f44 100644
--- a/pmd-fortran/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/fortran/cpd/FortranTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-fortran/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/fortran/cpd/FortranCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
  * @author rpelisse
  *
  */
-class FortranTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class FortranCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    FortranTokenizerTest() {
+    FortranCpdLexerTest() {
         super("fortran", ".for");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-gherkin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/GherkinLanguageModule.java b/pmd-gherkin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/GherkinLanguageModule.java
index 4bc116d406..1710282749 100644
--- a/pmd-gherkin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/GherkinLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-gherkin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/GherkinLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.gherkin;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.gherkin.cpd.GherkinTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.gherkin.cpd.GherkinCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
 
 /**
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class GherkinLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new GherkinTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new GherkinCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-gherkin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinTokenizer.java b/pmd-gherkin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinCpdLexer.java
similarity index 71%
rename from pmd-gherkin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-gherkin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinCpdLexer.java
index 1bbe22cf51..73120670e2 100644
--- a/pmd-gherkin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-gherkin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinCpdLexer.java
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.gherkin.cpd;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.gherkin.ast.GherkinLexer;
 
 /**
  * The Gherkin Tokenizer.
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called GherkinTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class GherkinTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+public class GherkinCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected Lexer getLexerForSource(CharStream charStream) {
diff --git a/pmd-gherkin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-gherkin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 83%
rename from pmd-gherkin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-gherkin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinCpdLexerTest.java
index 38c4d88595..6fde983b27 100644
--- a/pmd-gherkin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-gherkin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/gherkin/cpd/GherkinCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class GherkinTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
-    GherkinTokenizerTest() {
+class GherkinCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+    GherkinCpdLexerTest() {
         super("gherkin", ".feature");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-go/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/GoLanguageModule.java b/pmd-go/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/GoLanguageModule.java
index 966d6300ee..d408688c1f 100644
--- a/pmd-go/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/GoLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-go/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/GoLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.go;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.go.cpd.GoTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.go.cpd.GoCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
 
 public class GoLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class GoLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new GoTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new GoCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-go/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoTokenizer.java b/pmd-go/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoCpdLexer.java
similarity index 69%
rename from pmd-go/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-go/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoCpdLexer.java
index a4d9526a52..454c8e4daf 100644
--- a/pmd-go/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-go/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoCpdLexer.java
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.go.cpd;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.go.ast.GolangLexer;
 
-public class GoTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+/**
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called GoTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
+ */
+public class GoCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected Lexer getLexerForSource(CharStream charStream) {
diff --git a/pmd-go/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-go/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 88%
rename from pmd-go/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-go/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoCpdLexerTest.java
index 6ae9366f0b..e40d2c2b23 100644
--- a/pmd-go/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-go/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/cpd/GoCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class GoTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class GoCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    GoTokenizerTest() {
+    GoCpdLexerTest() {
         super("go", ".go");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-groovy/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/GroovyLanguageModule.java b/pmd-groovy/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/GroovyLanguageModule.java
index a740daea45..de46895863 100644
--- a/pmd-groovy/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/GroovyLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-groovy/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/GroovyLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.groovy;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.groovy.cpd.GroovyTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.groovy.cpd.GroovyCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
 
 /**
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class GroovyLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new GroovyTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new GroovyCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-groovy/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyTokenizer.java b/pmd-groovy/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyCpdLexer.java
similarity index 82%
rename from pmd-groovy/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-groovy/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyCpdLexer.java
index b180108fed..b27a2d1c44 100644
--- a/pmd-groovy/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-groovy/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyCpdLexer.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.groovy.parser.antlr4.GroovyLexer;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.TokenizerBase;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.CpdLexerBase;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.groovy.ast.impl.antlr4.GroovyToken;
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ import groovyjarjarantlr4.v4.runtime.CharStreams;
 
 /**
  * The Groovy Tokenizer
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called GroovyTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class GroovyTokenizer extends TokenizerBase<GroovyToken> {
+public class GroovyCpdLexer extends CpdLexerBase<GroovyToken> {
 
     @Override
     protected final TokenManager<GroovyToken> makeLexerImpl(TextDocument doc) throws IOException {
diff --git a/pmd-groovy/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-groovy/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 82%
rename from pmd-groovy/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-groovy/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyCpdLexerTest.java
index 10570f4652..647020c363 100644
--- a/pmd-groovy/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-groovy/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/groovy/cpd/GroovyCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class GroovyTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class GroovyCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    GroovyTokenizerTest() {
+    GroovyCpdLexerTest() {
         super("groovy", ".groovy");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/HtmlLanguageModule.java b/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/HtmlLanguageModule.java
index 16b3fbee78..26d02710a9 100644
--- a/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/HtmlLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/HtmlLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.html;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.html.ast.HtmlTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.html.ast.HtmlCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
 
 public final class HtmlLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public final class HtmlLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new HtmlTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new HtmlCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/ast/HtmlTokenizer.java b/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/ast/HtmlCpdLexer.java
similarity index 91%
rename from pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/ast/HtmlTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/ast/HtmlCpdLexer.java
index 26149963cb..ff69e6e27f 100644
--- a/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/ast/HtmlTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/ast/HtmlCpdLexer.java
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.html.ast;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.TokenFactory;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageProcessor;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageProcessorRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Parser.ParserTask;
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.SemanticErrorReporter;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.html.HtmlLanguageModule;
 
-public class HtmlTokenizer implements Tokenizer {
+/**
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called HtmlTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
+ */
+public class HtmlCpdLexer implements CpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     public void tokenize(TextDocument document, TokenFactory tokens) {
diff --git a/pmd-html/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/cpd/HtmlTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-html/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/cpd/HtmlCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 84%
rename from pmd-html/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/cpd/HtmlTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-html/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/cpd/HtmlCpdLexerTest.java
index 02dd1be448..2039a2f72b 100644
--- a/pmd-html/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/cpd/HtmlTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-html/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/cpd/HtmlCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.html.HtmlLanguageModule;
 
-class HtmlTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class HtmlCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    HtmlTokenizerTest() {
+    HtmlCpdLexerTest() {
         super(HtmlLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".html");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/JavaLanguageModule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/JavaLanguageModule.java
index 928773dc75..562b6365e6 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/JavaLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/JavaLanguageModule.java
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdCapableLanguage;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageModuleBase;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageProcessor;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.PmdCapableLanguage;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.cpd.JavaTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.cpd.JavaCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.internal.JavaLanguageProcessor;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.internal.JavaLanguageProperties;
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class JavaLanguageModule extends LanguageModuleBase implements PmdCapable
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new JavaTokenizer((JavaLanguageProperties) bundle);
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new JavaCpdLexer((JavaLanguageProperties) bundle);
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaTokenizer.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaCpdLexer.java
similarity index 97%
rename from pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaCpdLexer.java
index 8331feff13..1cf9ae4a5c 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaCpdLexer.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLanguageProperties;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.TokenEntry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.TokenFactory;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenFilter;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaccCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.CharStream;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaccToken;
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.JavaTokenKinds;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.SyntacticJavaTokenizerFactory;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.internal.JavaLanguageProperties;
 
-public class JavaTokenizer extends JavaCCTokenizer {
+/**
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called JavaTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
+ */
+public class JavaCpdLexer extends JavaccCpdLexer {
 
     private static final String CPD_START = "\"CPD-START\"";
     private static final String CPD_END = "\"CPD-END\"";
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ public class JavaTokenizer extends JavaCCTokenizer {
 
     private final ConstructorDetector constructorDetector;
 
-    public JavaTokenizer(JavaLanguageProperties properties) {
+    public JavaCpdLexer(JavaLanguageProperties properties) {
         ignoreAnnotations = properties.getProperty(CpdLanguageProperties.CPD_IGNORE_METADATA);
         ignoreLiterals = properties.getProperty(CpdLanguageProperties.CPD_ANONYMIZE_LITERALS);
         ignoreIdentifiers = properties.getProperty(CpdLanguageProperties.CPD_ANONYMIZE_IDENTIFIERS);
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 95%
rename from pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaCpdLexerTest.java
index ef66bcc199..edc0449546 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/cpd/JavaCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLanguageProperties;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokens;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.LanguagePropertyConfig;
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.JavaLanguageModule;
 
 // TODO - enable tests
-class JavaTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class JavaCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    JavaTokenizerTest() {
+    JavaCpdLexerTest() {
         super(JavaLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".java");
     }
 
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ class JavaTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
     @Test
     void testLexExceptionLocation() {
-        Tokenizer tokenizer = newTokenizer(defaultProperties());
+        CpdLexer cpdLexer = newCpdLexer(defaultProperties());
         Tokens tokens = new Tokens();
         LexException lexException = assertThrows(LexException.class, () ->
-            Tokenizer.tokenize(tokenizer,
+            CpdLexer.tokenize(cpdLexer,
                     // note: the source deliberately contains an unbalanced quote, unterminated string literal
                     TextDocument.readOnlyString("class F {\n    String s=\"abc\";\"\n}\n", FileId.UNKNOWN, getLanguage().getDefaultVersion()),
                     tokens)
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/EcmascriptLanguageModule.java b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/EcmascriptLanguageModule.java
index 6fd4c2764c..31bc4af4aa 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/EcmascriptLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/EcmascriptLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.ast.EcmascriptParser;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.cpd.EcmascriptTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.cpd.EcmascriptCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
 
 /**
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class EcmascriptLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new EcmascriptTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new EcmascriptCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptTokenizer.java b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptCpdLexer.java
similarity index 85%
rename from pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptCpdLexer.java
index 34a0d42f30..2f8ddf9c61 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptCpdLexer.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.cpd;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaccCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.CharStream;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaccToken;
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript5.ast.Ecmascript5TokenKinds;
 
 /**
  * The Ecmascript Tokenizer
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called EcmascriptTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class EcmascriptTokenizer extends JavaCCTokenizer {
+public class EcmascriptCpdLexer extends JavaccCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected TokenManager<JavaccToken> makeLexerImpl(TextDocument doc) {
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/TsLanguageModule.java b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/TsLanguageModule.java
index 827d42abe8..d2071565c6 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/TsLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/TsLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.typescript;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.typescript.cpd.TypeScriptTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.typescript.cpd.TypeScriptCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * @author pguyot@kallisys.net
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class TsLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new TypeScriptTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new TypeScriptCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptTokenizer.java b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptCpdLexer.java
similarity index 78%
rename from pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptCpdLexer.java
index f38c7f9509..aa18c60d5b 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptCpdLexer.java
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.typescript.cpd;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.typescript.ast.TypeScriptLexer;
 
-public class TypeScriptTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+public class TypeScriptCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
     @Override
     protected Lexer getLexerForSource(CharStream charStream) {
         return new TypeScriptLexer(charStream);
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/AnyTokenizerForTypescriptTest.java b/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/AnyCpdLexerForTypescriptTest.java
similarity index 83%
rename from pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/AnyTokenizerForTypescriptTest.java
rename to pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/AnyCpdLexerForTypescriptTest.java
index 4f5ecf87f8..c159efd6e9 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/AnyTokenizerForTypescriptTest.java
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/AnyCpdLexerForTypescriptTest.java
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.EcmascriptLanguageModule;
 /**
  *
  */
-class AnyTokenizerForTypescriptTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class AnyCpdLexerForTypescriptTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    AnyTokenizerForTypescriptTest() {
+    AnyCpdLexerForTypescriptTest() {
         super(EcmascriptLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".ts");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 92%
rename from pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptCpdLexerTest.java
index 32c5c769c0..16b176bf43 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/cpd/EcmascriptCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.EcmascriptLanguageModule;
 
 
 
-class EcmascriptTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class EcmascriptCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    EcmascriptTokenizerTest() {
+    EcmascriptCpdLexerTest() {
         super(EcmascriptLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".js");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 84%
rename from pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptCpdLexerTest.java
index 27ada122a6..aa2d7f84df 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/typescript/cpd/TypeScriptCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.typescript.TsLanguageModule;
 
-class TypeScriptTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class TypeScriptCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    TypeScriptTokenizerTest() {
+    TypeScriptCpdLexerTest() {
         super(TsLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".ts");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/JspLanguageModule.java b/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/JspLanguageModule.java
index b7b61443e1..e2f89845ba 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/JspLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/JspLanguageModule.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdCapableLanguage;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.cpd.JSPTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.cpd.JspCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Created by christoferdutz on 20.09.14.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class JspLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase implements CpdCa
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new JSPTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new JspCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JSPTokenizer.java b/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JspCpdLexer.java
similarity index 78%
rename from pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JSPTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JspCpdLexer.java
index 1a6b8044ab..56deb35676 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JSPTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-jsp/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JspCpdLexer.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.cpd;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaccCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.CharStream;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaccToken;
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.ast.JspParser;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.ast.JspTokenKinds;
 
-public class JSPTokenizer extends JavaCCTokenizer {
+/**
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called JSPTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
+ */
+public class JspCpdLexer extends JavaccCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected TokenManager<JavaccToken> makeLexerImpl(TextDocument doc) {
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JSPTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-jsp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JspCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 84%
rename from pmd-jsp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JSPTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-jsp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JspCpdLexerTest.java
index d03b31e07f..8eeb08725b 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JSPTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-jsp/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/jsp/cpd/JspCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.jsp.JspLanguageModule;
 
 
-class JSPTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class JspCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    JSPTokenizerTest() {
+    JspCpdLexerTest() {
         super(JspLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".jsp");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-julia/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/JuliaLanguageModule.java b/pmd-julia/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/JuliaLanguageModule.java
index eb02d0eac9..e85b6e0ba1 100644
--- a/pmd-julia/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/JuliaLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-julia/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/JuliaLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.julia;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.julia.cpd.JuliaTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.julia.cpd.JuliaCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Language implementation for Julia.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class JuliaLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new JuliaTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new JuliaCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-julia/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaTokenizer.java b/pmd-julia/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaCpdLexer.java
similarity index 71%
rename from pmd-julia/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-julia/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaCpdLexer.java
index 9a38293d5e..b9c3684bfe 100644
--- a/pmd-julia/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-julia/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaCpdLexer.java
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.julia.cpd;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.julia.ast.JuliaLexer;
 
 /**
  * The Julia Tokenizer.
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called JuliaTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class JuliaTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+public class JuliaCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
     @Override
     protected Lexer getLexerForSource(CharStream charStream) {
         return new JuliaLexer(charStream);
diff --git a/pmd-julia/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-julia/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 83%
rename from pmd-julia/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-julia/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaCpdLexerTest.java
index 3c493a5544..3fe59ee2d0 100644
--- a/pmd-julia/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-julia/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/julia/cpd/JuliaCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.julia.JuliaLanguageModule;
 
-class JuliaTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
-    JuliaTokenizerTest() {
+class JuliaCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+    JuliaCpdLexerTest() {
         super(JuliaLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".jl");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/KotlinLanguageModule.java b/pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/KotlinLanguageModule.java
index 7a3474d982..f47a870efc 100644
--- a/pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/KotlinLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/KotlinLanguageModule.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.kotlin;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.annotation.Experimental;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.kotlin.cpd.KotlinTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.kotlin.cpd.KotlinCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Language Module for Kotlin
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class KotlinLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new KotlinTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new KotlinCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinTokenizer.java b/pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinCpdLexer.java
similarity index 92%
rename from pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinCpdLexer.java
index 149f7c5940..d1bc7c6416 100644
--- a/pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-kotlin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinCpdLexer.java
@@ -7,16 +7,18 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.kotlin.cpd;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenFilter;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.antlr4.AntlrToken;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.kotlin.ast.KotlinLexer;
 
 /**
  * The Kotlin Tokenizer
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called KotlinTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class KotlinTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+public class KotlinCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected Lexer getLexerForSource(CharStream charStream) {
diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-kotlin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 86%
rename from pmd-kotlin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-kotlin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinCpdLexerTest.java
index ea3dd542bb..4016548186 100644
--- a/pmd-kotlin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-kotlin/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/kotlin/cpd/KotlinCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class KotlinTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class KotlinCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    KotlinTokenizerTest() {
+    KotlinCpdLexerTest() {
         super("kotlin", ".kt");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/src/main/kotlin/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/test/CpdTextComparisonTest.kt b/pmd-lang-test/src/main/kotlin/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/test/CpdTextComparisonTest.kt
index b7011e2276..1e15b1ba06 100644
--- a/pmd-lang-test/src/main/kotlin/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/test/CpdTextComparisonTest.kt
+++ b/pmd-lang-test/src/main/kotlin/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/test/CpdTextComparisonTest.kt
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ abstract class CpdTextComparisonTest(
         extensionIncludingDot
     )
 
-    fun newTokenizer(config: LanguagePropertyConfig): Tokenizer {
+    fun newCpdLexer(config: LanguagePropertyConfig): CpdLexer {
         val properties = language.newPropertyBundle().also { config.setProperties(it) }
-        return language.createCpdTokenizer(properties)
+        return language.createCpdLexer(properties)
     }
 
     override val resourceLoader: Class<*>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ abstract class CpdTextComparisonTest(
         config: LanguagePropertyConfig = defaultProperties()
     ) {
         super.doTest(fileBaseName, expectedSuffix) { fdata ->
-            val tokens = tokenize(newTokenizer(config), fdata)
+            val tokens = tokenize(newCpdLexer(config), fdata)
             buildString { format(tokens) }
         }
     }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ abstract class CpdTextComparisonTest(
         config: LanguagePropertyConfig = defaultProperties()
     ): LexException =
         shouldThrow {
-            tokenize(newTokenizer(config), fileData)
+            tokenize(newCpdLexer(config), fileData)
         }
 
 
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ abstract class CpdTextComparisonTest(
     fun sourceCodeOf(text: String, fileName: FileId = FileId.UNKNOWN): FileData =
         FileData(fileName = fileName, fileText = text)
 
-    fun tokenize(tokenizer: Tokenizer, fileData: FileData): Tokens =
+    fun tokenize(cpdLexer: CpdLexer, fileData: FileData): Tokens =
         Tokens().also { tokens ->
             val source = sourceCodeOf(fileData)
-            Tokenizer.tokenize(tokenizer, source, tokens)
+            CpdLexer.tokenize(cpdLexer, source, tokens)
         }
 
     private companion object {
diff --git a/pmd-lua/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/LuaLanguageModule.java b/pmd-lua/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/LuaLanguageModule.java
index f28a706003..023a9a01b8 100644
--- a/pmd-lua/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/LuaLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-lua/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/LuaLanguageModule.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.lua;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLanguageProperties;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.lua.cpd.LuaTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.lua.cpd.LuaCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * @author Clément Fournier
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class LuaLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new LuaTokenizer(bundle);
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new LuaCpdLexer(bundle);
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-lua/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaTokenizer.java b/pmd-lua/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaCpdLexer.java
similarity index 96%
rename from pmd-lua/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-lua/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaCpdLexer.java
index 3222ce1789..fe99fa56d7 100644
--- a/pmd-lua/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-lua/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaCpdLexer.java
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLanguageProperties;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenFilter;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.antlr4.AntlrToken;
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.lua.ast.LuaLexer;
 
 /**
  * The Lua Tokenizer
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called LuaTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class LuaTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+public class LuaCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
 
     private final boolean ignoreLiteralSequences;
 
-    public LuaTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+    public LuaCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
         ignoreLiteralSequences = bundle.getProperty(CpdLanguageProperties.CPD_IGNORE_LITERAL_SEQUENCES);
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-lua/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-lua/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 88%
rename from pmd-lua/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-lua/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaCpdLexerTest.java
index a550f93818..e41f68035d 100644
--- a/pmd-lua/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-lua/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/cpd/LuaCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class LuaTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
-    LuaTokenizerTest() {
+class LuaCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+    LuaCpdLexerTest() {
         super("lua", ".lua");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-matlab/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/MatlabLanguageModule.java b/pmd-matlab/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/MatlabLanguageModule.java
index f59ec0c510..74b3d06985 100644
--- a/pmd-matlab/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/MatlabLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-matlab/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/MatlabLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.matlab;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.matlab.cpd.MatlabTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.matlab.cpd.MatlabCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Defines the Language module for Matlab
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class MatlabLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new MatlabTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new MatlabCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-matlab/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabTokenizer.java b/pmd-matlab/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabCpdLexer.java
similarity index 77%
rename from pmd-matlab/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-matlab/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabCpdLexer.java
index 269deed52b..cb9c4bfd26 100644
--- a/pmd-matlab/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-matlab/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabCpdLexer.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.matlab.cpd;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaccCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.CharStream;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaccToken;
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.matlab.ast.MatlabTokenKinds;
 
 /**
  * The Matlab Tokenizer.
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called MatlabTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class MatlabTokenizer extends JavaCCTokenizer {
+public class MatlabCpdLexer extends JavaccCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected TokenManager<JavaccToken> makeLexerImpl(TextDocument doc) {
diff --git a/pmd-matlab/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-matlab/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 90%
rename from pmd-matlab/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-matlab/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabCpdLexerTest.java
index 68ed5fb0db..be9b58c6f6 100644
--- a/pmd-matlab/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-matlab/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/matlab/cpd/MatlabCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class MatlabTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class MatlabCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    MatlabTokenizerTest() {
+    MatlabCpdLexerTest() {
         super("matlab", ".m");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-modelica/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/modelica/ModelicaLanguageModule.java b/pmd-modelica/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/modelica/ModelicaLanguageModule.java
index 5a3ffd92a3..6baba2eae2 100644
--- a/pmd-modelica/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/modelica/ModelicaLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-modelica/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/modelica/ModelicaLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.modelica;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.modelica.cpd.ModelicaTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.modelica.cpd.ModelicaCpdLexer;
 
 public class ModelicaLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     private static final String ID = "modelica";
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class ModelicaLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new ModelicaTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new ModelicaCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-modelica/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/modelica/cpd/ModelicaTokenizer.java b/pmd-modelica/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/modelica/cpd/ModelicaCpdLexer.java
similarity index 92%
rename from pmd-modelica/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/modelica/cpd/ModelicaTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-modelica/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/modelica/cpd/ModelicaCpdLexer.java
index 83d3d3ad9b..48aa2c36cd 100644
--- a/pmd-modelica/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/modelica/cpd/ModelicaTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-modelica/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/modelica/cpd/ModelicaCpdLexer.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.modelica.cpd;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenFilter;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaccCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.CharStream;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaccToken;
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.modelica.ast.ModelicaTokenKinds;
 
 
-public class ModelicaTokenizer extends JavaCCTokenizer {
+/**
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called MatlabTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
+ */
+public class ModelicaCpdLexer extends JavaccCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected TokenManager<JavaccToken> makeLexerImpl(TextDocument doc) {
diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/ObjectiveCLanguageModule.java b/pmd-objectivec/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/ObjectiveCLanguageModule.java
index ec33354839..0053a51eb0 100644
--- a/pmd-objectivec/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/ObjectiveCLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-objectivec/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/ObjectiveCLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.objectivec;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.objectivec.cpd.ObjectiveCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.objectivec.cpd.ObjectiveCCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Defines the Language module for Objective-C
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class ObjectiveCLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new ObjectiveCTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new ObjectiveCCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCTokenizer.java b/pmd-objectivec/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCCpdLexer.java
similarity index 77%
rename from pmd-objectivec/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-objectivec/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCCpdLexer.java
index fb17635fce..c88140e02e 100644
--- a/pmd-objectivec/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-objectivec/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCCpdLexer.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.objectivec.cpd;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaccCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.CharStream;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaccToken;
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.objectivec.ast.ObjectiveCTokenKinds;
 
 /**
  * The Objective-C Tokenizer
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called ObjectiveCTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class ObjectiveCTokenizer extends JavaCCTokenizer {
+public class ObjectiveCCpdLexer extends JavaccCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected TokenManager<JavaccToken> makeLexerImpl(TextDocument doc) {
diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-objectivec/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 86%
rename from pmd-objectivec/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-objectivec/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCCpdLexerTest.java
index 33dffcf64b..5f8a923cea 100644
--- a/pmd-objectivec/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-objectivec/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/objectivec/cpd/ObjectiveCCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class ObjectiveCTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class ObjectiveCCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
 
-    ObjectiveCTokenizerTest() {
+    ObjectiveCCpdLexerTest() {
         super("objectivec", ".m");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-perl/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/perl/PerlLanguageModule.java b/pmd-perl/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/perl/PerlLanguageModule.java
index 0bcdc2919a..0ea67d6e14 100644
--- a/pmd-perl/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/perl/PerlLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-perl/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/perl/PerlLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.perl;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.AnyTokenizer;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.AnyCpdLexer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class PerlLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new AnyTokenizer("#");
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new AnyCpdLexer("#");
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-perl/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/perl/cpd/PerlTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-perl/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/perl/cpd/PerlCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 80%
rename from pmd-perl/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/perl/cpd/PerlTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-perl/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/perl/cpd/PerlCpdLexerTest.java
index 1c42757a11..bb39dcdc3f 100644
--- a/pmd-perl/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/perl/cpd/PerlTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-perl/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/perl/cpd/PerlCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 /**
  *
  */
-class PerlTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class PerlCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    PerlTokenizerTest() {
+    PerlCpdLexerTest() {
         super("perl", ".pl");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-php/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/php/PhpLanguageModule.java b/pmd-php/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/php/PhpLanguageModule.java
index 4abd4f1e4c..a0ec8430fd 100644
--- a/pmd-php/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/php/PhpLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-php/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/php/PhpLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.php;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.AnyTokenizer;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.AnyCpdLexer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class PhpLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new AnyTokenizer("#|//");
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new AnyCpdLexer("#|//");
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/PLSQLLanguageModule.java b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/PLSQLLanguageModule.java
index 85f7203367..f5c51bc3d8 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/PLSQLLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/PLSQLLanguageModule.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLanguageProperties;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.cpd.PLSQLTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.cpd.PLSQLCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Created by christoferdutz on 20.09.14.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class PLSQLLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new PLSQLTokenizer(bundle);
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new PLSQLCpdLexer(bundle);
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLTokenizer.java b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLCpdLexer.java
similarity index 89%
rename from pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLCpdLexer.java
index ab67934112..c31a11d644 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLCpdLexer.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.cpd;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLanguageProperties;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaccCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.CharStream;
@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaccToken;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.ast.PLSQLTokenKinds;
 
-public class PLSQLTokenizer extends JavaCCTokenizer {
+/**
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called PLSQLTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
+ */
+public class PLSQLCpdLexer extends JavaccCpdLexer {
 
     private final boolean ignoreIdentifiers;
     private final boolean ignoreLiterals;
 
-    public PLSQLTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle properties) {
+    public PLSQLCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle properties) {
         /*
          * The Tokenizer is derived from PLDoc, in which comments are very
          * important When looking for duplication, we are probably not
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 87%
rename from pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLCpdLexerTest.java
index 8247c98abd..60015818b2 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/cpd/PLSQLCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.PLSQLLanguageModule;
 
-class PLSQLTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class PLSQLCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    PLSQLTokenizerTest() {
+    PLSQLCpdLexerTest() {
         super(PLSQLLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".sql");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-python/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/PythonLanguageModule.java b/pmd-python/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/PythonLanguageModule.java
index 0049b86b2b..997d5a33b7 100644
--- a/pmd-python/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/PythonLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-python/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/PythonLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.python;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.python.cpd.PythonTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.python.cpd.PythonCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Defines the Language module for Python
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class PythonLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new PythonTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new PythonCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-python/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonTokenizer.java b/pmd-python/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonCpdLexer.java
similarity index 89%
rename from pmd-python/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-python/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonCpdLexer.java
index 49c301a128..aa72ea27a8 100644
--- a/pmd-python/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-python/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonCpdLexer.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.python.cpd;
 
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaccCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.CharStream;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaccToken;
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.python.ast.PythonTokenKinds;
 
 /**
  * The Python tokenizer.
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called PythonTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class PythonTokenizer extends JavaCCTokenizer {
+public class PythonCpdLexer extends JavaccCpdLexer {
 
     private static final Pattern STRING_NL_ESCAPE = Pattern.compile("\\\\\\r?\\n");
 
diff --git a/pmd-python/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-python/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 89%
rename from pmd-python/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-python/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonCpdLexerTest.java
index 61357c8b1c..9dc1305c2f 100644
--- a/pmd-python/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-python/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/PythonCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class PythonTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class PythonCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    PythonTokenizerTest() {
+    PythonCpdLexerTest() {
         super("python", ".py");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-ruby/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ruby/RubyLanguageModule.java b/pmd-ruby/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ruby/RubyLanguageModule.java
index df8202101a..e9f9858b3f 100644
--- a/pmd-ruby/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ruby/RubyLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-ruby/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ruby/RubyLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ruby;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.AnyTokenizer;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.AnyCpdLexer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class RubyLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new AnyTokenizer("#");
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new AnyCpdLexer("#");
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-ruby/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ruby/cpd/RubyTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-ruby/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ruby/cpd/RubyCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 83%
rename from pmd-ruby/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ruby/cpd/RubyTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-ruby/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ruby/cpd/RubyCpdLexerTest.java
index 9f34d472fd..871dcbb0c2 100644
--- a/pmd-ruby/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ruby/cpd/RubyTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-ruby/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ruby/cpd/RubyCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class RubyTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class RubyCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    RubyTokenizerTest() {
+    RubyCpdLexerTest() {
         super("ruby", ".rb");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaTokenizer.java b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaCpdLexer.java
similarity index 96%
rename from pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaCpdLexer.java
index d2be64ec60..ff442e45e3 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaCpdLexer.java
@@ -23,15 +23,17 @@ import scala.meta.tokens.Token;
 
 /**
  * Scala Tokenizer class. Uses the Scala Meta Tokenizer, but adapts it for use with generic filtering
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called ScalaTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class ScalaTokenizer implements Tokenizer {
+public class ScalaCpdLexer implements CpdLexer {
 
     private final Dialect dialect;
 
     /**
      * Create the Tokenizer using properties from the system environment.
      */
-    public ScalaTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+    public ScalaCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
         LanguageVersion langVer = bundle.getLanguageVersion();
         dialect = ScalaLanguageModule.dialectOf(langVer);
     }
diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/scala/ScalaLanguageModule.java b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/scala/ScalaLanguageModule.java
index 0488df2644..d2fc7105bf 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/scala/ScalaLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/scala/ScalaLanguageModule.java
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.scala;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.annotation.InternalApi;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.ScalaTokenizer;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.ScalaCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersion;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class ScalaLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new ScalaTokenizer(bundle);
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new ScalaCpdLexer(bundle);
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 91%
rename from pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaCpdLexerTest.java
index 04ddb78312..b4ac2eff13 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/ScalaCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.LexException;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.scala.ScalaLanguageModule;
 
-class ScalaTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class ScalaCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    ScalaTokenizerTest() {
+    ScalaCpdLexerTest() {
         super(ScalaLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".scala");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/SwiftLanguageModule.java b/pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/SwiftLanguageModule.java
index bda47e0ba5..b62613ba66 100644
--- a/pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/SwiftLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/SwiftLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.swift;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.swift.cpd.SwiftTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.swift.cpd.SwiftCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Language Module for Swift
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class SwiftLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new SwiftTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new SwiftCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftTokenizer.java b/pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftCpdLexer.java
similarity index 71%
rename from pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftCpdLexer.java
index ae4ed9d5b0..ee255ad0ee 100644
--- a/pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-swift/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftCpdLexer.java
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.swift.cpd;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.swift.ast.SwiftLexer;
 
 /**
  * SwiftTokenizer
+ *
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called SwiftTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  */
-public class SwiftTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+public class SwiftCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected Lexer getLexerForSource(final CharStream charStream) {
diff --git a/pmd-swift/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-swift/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 92%
rename from pmd-swift/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-swift/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftCpdLexerTest.java
index e3a3c19ab8..414cc3273d 100644
--- a/pmd-swift/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-swift/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/swift/cpd/SwiftCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.swift.SwiftLanguageModule;
 
-class SwiftTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class SwiftCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    SwiftTokenizerTest() {
+    SwiftCpdLexerTest() {
         super(SwiftLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".swift");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-tsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/TSqlLanguageModule.java b/pmd-tsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/TSqlLanguageModule.java
index 5dbd3e88ef..944394f8b4 100644
--- a/pmd-tsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/TSqlLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-tsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/TSqlLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.tsql;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.tsql.cpd.TSqlTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.tsql.cpd.TSqlCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * @author pguyot@kallisys.net
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class TSqlLanguageModule extends CpdOnlyLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new TSqlTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new TSqlCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-tsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlTokenizer.java b/pmd-tsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlCpdLexer.java
similarity index 70%
rename from pmd-tsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-tsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlCpdLexer.java
index 9676b37f7c..8d9b403f85 100644
--- a/pmd-tsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-tsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlCpdLexer.java
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.tsql.cpd;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.tsql.ast.TSqlLexer;
 
-public class TSqlTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+/**
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called TSqlTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
+ */
+public class TSqlCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected Lexer getLexerForSource(CharStream charStream) {
diff --git a/pmd-tsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-tsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 83%
rename from pmd-tsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-tsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlCpdLexerTest.java
index 79f3d42e41..3c2f19a322 100644
--- a/pmd-tsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-tsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/tsql/cpd/TSqlCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class TSqlTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class TSqlCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    TSqlTokenizerTest() {
+    TSqlCpdLexerTest() {
         super("tsql", ".sql");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/VfLanguageModule.java b/pmd-visualforce/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/VfLanguageModule.java
index f596902c2b..7baeea127c 100644
--- a/pmd-visualforce/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/VfLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-visualforce/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/VfLanguageModule.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vf;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdCapableLanguage;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.apex.ApexLanguageModule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vf.cpd.VfTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vf.cpd.VfCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * @author sergey.gorbaty
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ public class VfLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase implements CpdCap
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new VfTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new VfCpdLexer();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfTokenizer.java b/pmd-visualforce/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfCpdLexer.java
similarity index 88%
rename from pmd-visualforce/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-visualforce/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfCpdLexer.java
index f7c669333b..4fc1a99109 100644
--- a/pmd-visualforce/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-visualforce/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfCpdLexer.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vf.cpd;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaccCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.CharStream;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaEscapeTranslator;
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vf.ast.VfTokenKinds;
 
 /**
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called VfTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
  * @author sergey.gorbaty
  */
-public class VfTokenizer extends JavaCCTokenizer {
+public class VfCpdLexer extends JavaccCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected TokenManager<JavaccToken> makeLexerImpl(TextDocument doc) {
diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-visualforce/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 81%
rename from pmd-visualforce/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-visualforce/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfCpdLexerTest.java
index 0e67555e1e..3c42acc6c9 100644
--- a/pmd-visualforce/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-visualforce/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vf/cpd/VfCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 
-class VfTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class VfCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    VfTokenizerTest() {
+    VfCpdLexerTest() {
         super("vf", ".page");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmLanguageModule.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmLanguageModule.java
index b441d472ae..7f1ddd8544 100644
--- a/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vm;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vm.cpd.VmTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vm.cpd.VmCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Created by christoferdutz on 20.09.14.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class VmLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new VmTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new VmCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmTokenizer.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmCpdLexer.java
similarity index 78%
rename from pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmCpdLexer.java
index d8d29ff173..9a2b0a78ba 100644
--- a/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmCpdLexer.java
@@ -6,14 +6,17 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vm.cpd;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaCCTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.JavaccCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.CharStream;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.impl.javacc.JavaccToken;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.document.TextDocument;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vm.ast.VmTokenKinds;
 
-public class VmTokenizer extends JavaCCTokenizer {
+/**
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called VmTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
+ */
+public class VmCpdLexer extends JavaccCpdLexer {
     @Override
     protected TokenManager<JavaccToken> makeLexerImpl(TextDocument doc) throws IOException {
         return VmTokenKinds.newTokenManager(CharStream.create(doc));
diff --git a/pmd-vm/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-vm/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 84%
rename from pmd-vm/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-vm/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmCpdLexerTest.java
index 98e018586c..3c7eebefaf 100644
--- a/pmd-vm/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-vm/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/cpd/VmCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vm.VmLanguageModule;
 
-class VmTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
-    VmTokenizerTest() {
+class VmCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+    VmCpdLexerTest() {
         super(VmLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".vm");
     }
 
diff --git a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/pom/PomLanguageModule.java b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/pom/PomLanguageModule.java
index 315a61efe3..8031b73394 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/pom/PomLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/pom/PomLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.pom;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.XmlHandler;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.cpd.XmlTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.cpd.XmlCpdLexer;
 
 public class PomLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     private static final String ID = "pom";
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class PomLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new XmlTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new XmlCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/wsdl/WsdlLanguageModule.java b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/wsdl/WsdlLanguageModule.java
index aa617d1dd4..1ae01b9bf9 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/wsdl/WsdlLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/wsdl/WsdlLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.wsdl;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.XmlHandler;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.cpd.XmlTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.cpd.XmlCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Created by bernardo-macedo on 24.06.15.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class WsdlLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new XmlTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new XmlCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/XmlLanguageModule.java b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/XmlLanguageModule.java
index 83e81136d3..4b3e30929c 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/XmlLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/XmlLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.cpd.XmlTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.cpd.XmlCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Created by christoferdutz on 20.09.14.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class XmlLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new XmlTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new XmlCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlTokenizer.java b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlCpdLexer.java
similarity index 69%
rename from pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlTokenizer.java
rename to pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlCpdLexer.java
index 5b24f1ef1f..62b077ab4b 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlCpdLexer.java
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.cpd;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.impl.AntlrCpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.antlr4.XMLLexer;
 
-public class XmlTokenizer extends AntlrTokenizer {
+/**
+ * <p>Note: This class has been called XmlTokenizer in PMD 6</p>.
+ */
+public class XmlCpdLexer extends AntlrCpdLexer {
 
     @Override
     protected Lexer getLexerForSource(CharStream charStream) {
diff --git a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xsl/XslLanguageModule.java b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xsl/XslLanguageModule.java
index 13884bd243..6bbdbed637 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xsl/XslLanguageModule.java
+++ b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xsl/XslLanguageModule.java
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xsl;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.CpdLexer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguagePropertyBundle;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.impl.SimpleLanguageModuleBase;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.XmlHandler;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.cpd.XmlTokenizer;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.cpd.XmlCpdLexer;
 
 /**
  * Created by christoferdutz on 20.09.14.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class XslLanguageModule extends SimpleLanguageModuleBase {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tokenizer createCpdTokenizer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
-        return new XmlTokenizer();
+    public CpdLexer createCpdLexer(LanguagePropertyBundle bundle) {
+        return new XmlCpdLexer();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-xml/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlCPDTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-xml/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlCPDCpdLexerTest.java
similarity index 82%
rename from pmd-xml/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlCPDTokenizerTest.java
rename to pmd-xml/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlCPDCpdLexerTest.java
index 5c4e25aa1d..fa94b5f390 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlCPDTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-xml/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/cpd/XmlCPDCpdLexerTest.java
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.test.CpdTextComparisonTest;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.XmlLanguageModule;
 
-class XmlCPDTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
+class XmlCPDCpdLexerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
 
-    XmlCPDTokenizerTest() {
+    XmlCPDCpdLexerTest() {
         super(XmlLanguageModule.getInstance(), ".xml");
     }