[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

nominal \nom"inal\, a. l. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name.
   see name.
   1. of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the
      literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal
      definition. --bp. pearson.
      1913 webster

   2. existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference.
      "nominal attendance on lectures." --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   4. hence: insignificant; trifling; -- of prices or costs, as
      compared with the benefits gained; as, to pay a nominal
      sum for the data; a nominal fee.
      pjc

   3. within acceptable limits; as expected; as, the hydraulic
      lines are at nominal pressure; -- used mostly in aviation
      and space operations.
      pjc
see also:
name 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

nominal \nom"inal\, n.
   1. a nominalist. obs. --camden.
      1913 webster

   2. gram. a verb formed from a noun.
      1913 webster

   3. a name; an appellation.
      1913 webster

            a is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural
            diatonic scale.                       --moore
                                                  encyc. of
                                                  music. 
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

nominal
     adj 1: 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"
     2: insignificantly small; a matter of form only `tokenish' is
        informal; "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of
        resistance"; "a tokenish gesture" syn: tokena, tokenish
     3: pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a
        noun; "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"
     4: being value in terms of specification on currency or stock
        certificates rather than purchasing power; "nominal or
        face value" ant: real
     5: named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative
        shares of stock" syn: nominative
     6: being such in name only; "the nominal or titular head of
        his party" syn: titular
see also:
tokena tokenish real nominative titular 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

92 moby thesaurus words for "nominal":
   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

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