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View usage for: (noʊʃənəl) adjectiveSomething that is notional exists only in theory or as a suggestion or idea, but not in reality. [formal] ...the notional value of state assets. Synonyms: hypothetical, ideal, abstract, theoretical More Synonyms of notional notionally adverb [ADVERB with verb] ...those who notionally supported the republic but did nothing in terms of action. That meant that he, notionally at least, outranked them all. notional in British English (ˈnəʊʃənəl) adjective1. relating to, expressing, or consisting of notions or ideas 2. not evident in reality; hypothetical or imaginary a notional tax credit 3. characteristic of a notion or concept, esp in being speculative or imaginary; abstract 4. grammara. (of a word) having lexical meaning b. another word for semantic Derived forms notionally (ˈnotionally) adverb notional in American English (ˈnoʊʃənəl) adjective1. of, expressing, or consisting of notions, or concepts 2. imaginary; not actual to inhabit a notional world 3. US having visionary ideas; given to whims; fanciful 4. Grammar having full lexical, as distinguished from relational, meaning “have” is notional in “we have a problem” and relational in “we have solved a problem” Derived forms notionally (ˈnotionally) adverb Examples of 'notional' in a sentencenotional Definition hypothetical, imaginary, or unreal the notional value of assets Synonyms conceptual unreal imagal (psychoanalysis) Opposites real , actual , genuine , factual , dinkum (Australian, New Zealand, informal) Additional synonymsDefinition not applied or practical starting with a few abstract principles Synonyms theoretical, general, complex, academic, intellectual, subtle, profound, philosophical, speculative, unrealistic, conceptual, indefinite, deep, separate, occult, hypothetical, generalized, impractical, arcane, notional, abstruse, recondite, theoretic, conjectural, unpractical, nonconcrete Definition guided by unrestrained imagination fanciful ideas about Martian life Synonyms unreal, wild, ideal, romantic, fantastic, curious, fabulous, imaginative, imaginary, poetic, extravagant, visionary, fairy-tale, mythical, whimsical, capricious, chimericalDefinition of, involving, or existing only as an idea Their ideal society collapsed around them in revolution. Synonyms imaginary, impractical, Utopian, romantic, fantastic, fabulous, poetic, visionary, fairy-tale, mythical, unreal, fanciful, unattainable, ivory-towered, imagal Additional synonymsDefinition existing only in the imagination Lots of children have imaginary friends. Synonyms fictional, made-up, invented, supposed, imagined, assumed, ideal, fancied, legendary, visionary, shadowy, unreal, hypothetical, fanciful, fictitious, mythological, illusory, nonexistent, dreamlike, hallucinatory, illusive, chimerical, unsubstantial, phantasmal, suppositious, imagal He has written a speculative biography of Christopher Marlowe. Synonyms hypothetical, academic, theoretical, abstract, tentative, notional, conjectural, suppositional Definition based on or concerned with the ideas and abstract principles relating to a particular subject rather than its practical uses theoretical physics Synonyms abstract, pure, speculative, ideal, impracticalDefinition insincere or artificial Synonyms fake, seeming, false, pretended, artificial, mock, sham, ostensible, insincereDefinition of or like visions the visionary worlds created by fantasy writers Synonyms imaginary, fantastic, unreal, fanciful, ideal, idealized, illusory, imaginal, chimerical, delusory |