diff --git a/scalameta/trees/shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/trees/Unary.scala b/scalameta/trees/shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/trees/Unary.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f3bbb0243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scalameta/trees/shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/trees/Unary.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package scala.meta.internal.trees
+
+import scala.meta.tokens.Token
+
+private[meta] sealed trait Unary {
+  def op: String
+}
+
+private[meta] object Unary {
+
+  private val numericOpMap = Seq[Numeric](Plus, Minus, Tilde).map(x => x.op -> x).toMap
+  val opMap = numericOpMap ++ Seq[Unary](Not).map(x => x.op -> x)
+
+  def unapply(token: Token.Ident): Option[(String, Unary)] = {
+    val op = token.text
+    opMap.get(op).map(op -> _)
+  }
+
+  sealed trait Numeric extends Unary {
+    def apply(value: BigInt): BigInt
+    // could return None if not applicable (such as `~`)
+    def apply(value: BigDecimal): Option[BigDecimal]
+  }
+
+  object Numeric {
+    def unapply(token: Token.Ident): Option[(String, Numeric)] = {
+      val op = token.text
+      numericOpMap.get(op).map(op -> _)
+    }
+  }
+
+  sealed trait Logical extends Unary {
+    def apply(value: Boolean): Boolean
+  }
+
+  case object Noop extends Numeric {
+    val op = ""
+    def apply(value: BigInt): BigInt = value
+    def apply(value: BigDecimal): Option[BigDecimal] = Some(value)
+  }
+
+  case object Plus extends Numeric {
+    val op = "+"
+    def apply(value: BigInt): BigInt = value
+    def apply(value: BigDecimal): Option[BigDecimal] = Some(value)
+  }
+
+  case object Minus extends Numeric {
+    val op = "-"
+    def apply(value: BigInt): BigInt = -value
+    def apply(value: BigDecimal): Option[BigDecimal] = Some(-value)
+  }
+
+  case object Tilde extends Numeric {
+    val op = "~"
+    def apply(value: BigInt): BigInt = ~value
+    def apply(value: BigDecimal): Option[BigDecimal] = None
+  }
+
+  case object Not extends Logical {
+    val op = "!"
+    def apply(value: Boolean): Boolean = !value
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/scalameta/trees/shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/trees/package.scala b/scalameta/trees/shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/trees/package.scala
index abbaeb58b5..bb06ee8c61 100644
--- a/scalameta/trees/shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/trees/package.scala
+++ b/scalameta/trees/shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/trees/package.scala
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ package object trees {
     // some heuristic is needed to govern associativity and precedence of unquoted operators
     def isLeftAssoc: Boolean = value.last != ':'
 
-    def isUnaryOp: Boolean = Set("-", "+", "~", "!").contains(value)
+    def isUnaryOp: Boolean = Unary.opMap.contains(value)
 
     def isAssignmentOp = value match {
       case "!=" | "<=" | ">=" | "" => false
diff --git a/tests/shared/src/test/scala/scala/meta/tests/trees/TreeSuite.scala b/tests/shared/src/test/scala/scala/meta/tests/trees/TreeSuite.scala
index 30a4991d63..f9450e5e44 100644
--- a/tests/shared/src/test/scala/scala/meta/tests/trees/TreeSuite.scala
+++ b/tests/shared/src/test/scala/scala/meta/tests/trees/TreeSuite.scala
@@ -3,10 +3,29 @@ package trees
 
 import munit._
 import scala.meta._
+import scala.meta.internal.trees._
 
 class TreeSuite extends FunSuite {
   test("Name.unapply") {
     assert(Name.unapply(q"a").contains("a"))
     assert(Name.unapply(t"a").contains("a"))
   }
+
+  Seq(
+    ("+", Unary.Plus),
+    ("-", Unary.Minus),
+    ("~", Unary.Tilde),
+    ("!", Unary.Not)
+  ).foreach { case (op, unary) =>
+    test(s"Unary.$unary") {
+      assertEquals(unary.op, op)
+      assertEquals(Unary.opMap.get(op), Some(unary))
+      assert(op.isUnaryOp)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test(s"Unary opMap size") {
+    assertEquals(Unary.opMap.size, 4)
+  }
+
 }