Definition of
notional has definitions from the field of grammar
1
[ adjective ] indulging in or influenced by fancy

Synonyms

fanciful

Examples

"a fanciful mind" "all the notional vagaries of childhood"

Related terms

creative

2
[ adjective ] not based on fact or investigation

Synonyms

speculative

Examples

"a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs" "speculative knowledge"

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theoretical

3
[ adjective ] not based on fact; dubious

Synonyms

imaginary imagined fanciful

Examples

"the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt "a small child's imaginary friends" "her imagined fame" "to create a notional world for oneself"

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unreal

4
[ adjective ] (grammar) having descriptive value as distinguished from syntactic category

Examples

"sex is a notional category gender is a syntactic one"

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grammar notion

5
[ adjective ] being or of the nature of a notion or concept

Synonyms

ideational conceptional

Examples

"a plan abstract and conceptional" "to improve notional comprehension" "a notional response to the question"

Related terms

abstract

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national not_only nationally nationalize nationality nationalist nationalism nationalise

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