not based on fact; unreal; the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties- F.D.Roosevelt; a small childs imaginary friends; to create a notional world for oneself

[ Syn: fanciful , imaginary ]

not based on fact or investigation; a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs; speculative knowledge

[ Syn: speculative ]

indulging in or influenced by fancy; a fanciful mind; all the notional vagaries of childhood

[ Syn: fanciful ]

being of the nature of a notion or concept; a plan abstract and conceptional; to improve notional comprehension; a notional response to the question

[ Syn: conceptional , ideational ]