1. (a.) Existing in name only; not significant; as, a nominal difference\.

2. (a.) of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.

3. (n.) A nominalist.

4. (n.) A verb formed from a noun.

5. (n.) A name; an appellation.

abstract noun adherent noun adjectival adverbial alleged apparent attributive budget byname cheap cognominal collective noun common noun conjunctive copulative correct diminutive easy economic economy epithetic formal frugal functional gerund glossematic grammatic honorific hypocoristic hypostasis in name only inconsiderable inexpensive insignificant insubstantial intransitive linking low low-priced manageable minimal minor minuscule moderate modest nominative noun noun phrase ostensible participial postpositional prepositional pretended professed pronominal pronoun proper noun proposed propositional puppet purported quasi quotation noun reasonable representational seeming self-called self-christened self-styled sensible shabby shoddy small so-called soi-disant structural substantive supposed supposititious syntactic tagmemic tiny titular token transitive trifling trivial unexpensive verbal within means worth the money would-be