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; noun phrase'

of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation; the nominal GDP; nominal interest rates'

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

[ Syn: noun phrase , nominal phrase ]

insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish is informal); the fee was nominal; a token gesture of resistance; a toknenish gesture

[ Syn: token , tokenish ]

named; bearing the name of a specific person; nominative shares of stock

[ Syn: nominative ]

existing in name only; the nominal (or titular) head of his party

[ Syn: titular ]