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1. 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"
    
2. Insignificantly small; a matter of form only ('tokenish' is informal)
   "the fee was nominal"
   - token, tokenish
    
3. Pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun
   "nominal phrase"
    
4. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation
   "the nominal GDP"; "nominal interest rates"
    
5. Named; bearing the name of a specific person
   - nominative
    
6. Existing in name only
   "the nominal head of his party"
   - titular

1. A phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
   - noun phrase, nominal phrase

Derived forms: nominals

See also: formal, minimal, minimum, name, nominally, noun, specified

Type of: phrase

Antonym: real

Encyclopedia: Nominal