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1. Relating to, constituting, bearing or giving a name
   "the Russian system of nominal brevity"; "a nominal list of priests"; "taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls"
    
2. (grammar) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun
   "nominal phrase"
    
3. (economics) of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation
   "the nominal GDP"; "nominal interest rates"
    
4. Insignificantly small; only for appearances, politeness, legal consistency, etc.
   "the fee was nominal";
   - token
    
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, specified

Type of: phrase

Antonym: real

Encyclopedia: Nominal