Synonyms for notional
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : noh-shuh-nl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊ ʃə nl |
Top 10 synonyms for notional
- dreamlike
- dreamy
- fabulous
- fancied
- fanciful
- fantastic
- fantastical
- fictional
- figmental
- fool's paradise
- hallucinatory
- hypothetical
- ideal
- illusive
- illusory
- imaginative
- imagined
- legendary
- made-up
- mythological
- nonexistent
- phantasmal
- phantasmic
- quixotic
- shadowy
- spectral
- supposed
- supposititious
- theoretical
- trumped up
- unreal
- unsubstantial
- visionary
- whimsical
Définition of notional
Origin :- "pertaining to notions," 1590s, from notion + -al (earlier nocional, late 14c., from Medieval Latin notionalis). Meaning "full of whims" is from 1791. Grammatical sense is from 1928 (Jespersen); economics use is from 1958.
- adj imaginary
- General maxims, unless they be formed upon both, will be but notional, v.10.
- Extract from : « Essay on Man » by Alexander Pope
- But ships are notional, and these expectations are sometimes dashed.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various
- When the sense of God's authority over us is practical, and not notional only.
- Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
- When he's sort of wild and notional by nature and traps set for him?
- Extract from : « Under the Law » by Edwina Stanton Babcock
- The Form stands first, the Matter second, not in time, but in notional presentation.
- Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
- The governments of these smoking nations are not likely to be notional on that matter.
- Extract from : « Choice Readings for the Home Circle » by Anonymous
- By "notional verb" is meant a verb that has some distinct idea or notion of its own: as, "I have a ball."
- Extract from : « Practical Exercises in English » by Huber Gray Buehler
- But the priority is nothing more than logical and notional; it does not amount to an ability of prior independent existence.
- Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
- He brings out, in peculiar but forcible terms, the idea of notional causality which underlies Aristotles Logic.
- Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
- The physical philosopher studies not merely the Matter, but the Form or notional Essence even more (a. 17).
- Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
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