nominal

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
2. (not-comparable) Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
3. (not-comparable) Existing in name only.
4. (not-comparable) Of or relating to nominalism.
5. (not-comparable) Insignificantly small.
6. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
7. (not-comparable) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
8. (not-comparable) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
9. (not-comparable) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
10. (not-comparable) According to plan or design.
11. (not-comparable) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.
12. (not-comparable) Having values whose order is insignificant.
13. (not-comparable) Of a species, the species name without consideration of whether it is a junior synonym or in reality consists of more than one biological species.

Noun

1. A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.
2. A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.)
3. A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.)
4. (UK, jargon) A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested.

Opposite of

effective, real

Synonyms

titular

in name only

token

nominative

tokenish

rated

name

substantive

normal

noun

noun phrase

trifling

nominal phrase

subjective

symbolic

symbolical

thematic

title

topical

titulary

appellation

intitle

appellative

eponymous

indicated

marginal

meaningless

mentioned

nom

off-peak

paper

so-called

specified

stated

Translations

nominal

nominal

nominal

nominale

ονομαστικός

nominal

nominaal

nominell

namentlich

إسمي

namentliche

nominatif

nominal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɒm.ɪ.nəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nominalle

In summary

PIE word
*h₁nómn̥
From the Middle English nominalle (“of nouns”), borrowed from Latin nōminālis (“of names”), from nōmen (“name”).