nominal
nominal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal attendance on lectures." Macaulay.
- 2.A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.
- 3.(Gram.) A verb formed from a noun.
- 4.A name; an appellation. A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- admission
- agnomen
- all
- and
- antonomasia
- antonym
- artillery
- baptism
- baptize
- bargain
- bean
- bon
- buy
- by-name
- byword
- call
- cant
- caption
- catchpenny
- characterize
- charge
- cheap
- cheapness
- christen
- clepe
- cognomen
- cognominal
- cognomination
- come
- compellation
- concordance
- conjugate
- convertible
- cost
- costless
- deadhead
- define
- delectus
- denominate
- denomination
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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