nominal

Adjective
  1. Relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name (synset 302779900)
    "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) (synset 301499887)
    "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a tokenish gesture"
    similar to: minimal, minimum - the least possible
    same as: token, tokenish
  3. Pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun (synset 302779730)
    "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"
    referred to in: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
  4. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation (synset 301946401)
    "the nominal GDP"; "nominal interest rates"
    referred to in: economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
  5. Named;
    Bearing the name of a specific person (synset 301103503)
    "nominative shares of stock"
    similar to: specified - clearly and explicitly stated
    same as: nominative
  6. Existing in name only (synset 301047056)
    "the nominal (or titular) head of his party"
    similar to: formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
    same as: titular
Noun
  1. A phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb (synset 106327473)
    is a type of: phrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
    same as: nominal phrase, noun phrase

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