nominal

Plural: nominals

Noun

A word, phrase, or clause that functions as a noun.
a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.
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.)
A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.)
A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested.

Adjective

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"
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"

Adjective Satellite

insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)
- "the fee was nominal"
named; bearing the name of a specific person
existing in name only
- "the nominal (or titular) head of his party"

Adj

Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
Existing in name only.
Of or relating to nominalism.
Insignificantly small.
Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
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.
Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
According to plan or design.
Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.
Having values whose order is insignificant.
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.

Examples

a nominal difference
Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal.
He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.
My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.
Numeric codes of characters used in programming are nominals.
The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low.
The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
the nominal yield of a nuclear weapon
The word ’NOMINAL’ itself functions as a noun, which is quite meta for a Scrabble play.
This sentence contains a nominal phrase.
This sentence contains two nominals.
We'll just do a nominal flight check.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

nominal phrase, nominative, noun phrase, titular, token, tokenish, normal, trifling

Antonyms

real, effective

Scrabble Score: 9

nominal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
nominal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nominal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

nominal: valid Words With Friends Word