Definition of nominal
Adjectives
relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
"the Russian system of nominal brevity"
"a nominal lists of priests"
"taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls"
insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)
"the fee was nominal"
pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun
"nominal phrase"
of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation
"the nominal GDP"
"nominal interest rates"
- Antonyms:
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real
of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation
named; bearing the name of a specific person
- Synonyms:
- nominative
-
specified
clearly and explicitly stated
Nouns
a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
- Synonyms:
- nominal phrase, noun phrase
- Type of:
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phrase
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
Vocabulary Lists for nominal
- a fortiori
- a posteriori
- a priori
- ab initio
- actus reus