Synonyms for nominal
ˈnɒm ə nlnom·i·nal

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1. nominaladjective

   Antonyms:
   real

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1. nominal

   Synonyms:
   trifling, suppositious, ostensible, professed, pretended, formal

   Antonyms:
   real, deep, serious, important, grave, substantial, actual, intrinsic, veritable, essential

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. noun phrase, nominal phrase, nominaladjective

   a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

   Synonyms:
   nominal phrase, noun phrase

   Antonyms:
   informal, maximum, maximal, unspecified, real

2. nominaladjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   nominative, tokenish, token(a), titular

   Antonyms:
   maximal, informal, unspecified, maximum, real

3. nominal, token(a), tokenishadjective

   insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)

   "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a toknenish gesture"

   Antonyms:
   real, maximal, unspecified, maximum, informal

4. nominaladjective

   pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun

   "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"

   Synonyms:
   nominative, tokenish, token(a), titular

   Antonyms:
   informal, maximum, maximal, real, unspecified

5. nominaladjective

   of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation

   "the nominal GDP"; "nominal interest rates"

   Synonyms:
   nominative, tokenish, token(a), titular

   Antonyms:
   unspecified, informal, maximal, real, maximum

6. nominative, nominaladjective

   named; bearing the name of a specific person

   "nominative shares of stock"

   Synonyms:
   nominative, tokenish, token(a), titular, nominated

   Antonyms:
   maximal, unspecified, informal, maximum, real

7. nominal, titularadjective

   existing in name only

   "the nominal (or titular) head of his party"

   Synonyms:
   nominative, tokenish, token(a), titular, titulary

   Antonyms:
   maximal, maximum, unspecified, real, informal

Matched Categories

1. • Economics
   • Grammar

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1. nominaladjective

   Synonyms:
   titular, not real, only in name

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1. List of paraphrases for "nominal":

   roll-call, rated, symbolic, nominative, dummy, notional, par, roll, nameplate, face, categorical, rating, nomal, token

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How to use nominal in a sentence?

1. Chief Executive Musk:

   It looks like the key strut that holds down one of the helium bottles failed. As a result, the helium bottle would have shot to the top of the tank at high speed, it failed five times below its nominal strength, which is pretty crazy.

2. Mike Moreau:

   Our last successful communication with MAVEN occurred on December 6 of 2025, the MAVEN spacecraft and all of the subsystems were nominal when the spacecraft entered a normally scheduled occultation where the spacecraft passed behind Mars.

3. Isabel Schnabel:

   Rising yields are a natural development at a turning point in the recovery - investors become more optimistic, inflation expectations rise and, as a result, nominal yields go up, this is precisely what we would expect and what we want to see.

4. Polish Finance Minister Mateusz Szczurek:

   We're worried about inflation, about nominal growth, the question is how high are real interest rates and how dangerous is that. The cost of funding for companies is quite substantial.

5. Aaron Cheris:

   The pandemic has impacted nearly every inch of the retail industry, however, heading into this holiday season, we also see important tailwinds for nominal retail growth, including boosts from inflation, rebounding employment, healthy savings rates and wage growth.