Notional Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

Definition of notional · 1 : theoretical, speculative · 2 : existing in the mind only : imaginary · 3 : given to foolish or fanciful moods or ideas. Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks JoinMWU MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut notional adjective SaveWord no·​tion·​al |\ˈnō-shnəl ,-shə-nᵊl\ Definitionofnotional 1 :theoretical,speculative 2 :existinginthemindonly:imaginary 3 :giventofoolishorfancifulmoodsorideas 4a :of,relatingto,orbeinganotionoridea:conceptual b(1) :presentinganideaofathing,action,orquality hasisnotionalinhehasluck,relationalinhehasgone (2) :oforrepresentingwhatexistsoroccursintheworldofthingsasdistinguishedfromsyntacticcategories OtherWordsfromnotional Synonyms&Antonyms ExampleSentences LearnMoreAboutnotional OtherWordsfromnotional notionality \ ˌnō-​shə-​ˈna-​lə-​tē \ noun notionally \ ˈnō-​shnə-​lē ,-​shə-​nᵊl-​ē \ adverb Synonyms&Antonymsfornotional Synonyms abstract, conceptual, ideal, ideational, metaphysical, theoretical (alsotheoretic) Antonyms concrete, nonabstract VisittheThesaurusforMore  ExamplesofnotionalinaSentence Thenotionalearningsofthecompanywereclosetotheactualones. shehasanotionalunderstandingofromanticlovebutnoactualexperienceofbeinginlove RecentExamplesontheWeb Moreover,itsdesignwouldsetthestandardforsubsequentgenerationsofsurfacevehiclesbuilttosupportnotionalfuturehumanlandingsonMars. — MaddieBender,ScientificAmerican,17Feb.2022 Perfectpunctualityisapinhead,anotionalpointonthecontinuum,kindofaZeno’sparadox. — JamesParker,TheAtlantic,11Feb.2022 ThedatesforsuchamissionaresonotionalthatNASAdidnotevenincludethemonitschart. — EricBerger,ArsTechnica,28Jan.2022 CalledtheInterstellarProbe,thisnotionalspacecraftwouldstudythesun’scosmicenvironsinunprecedenteddetail. — JonathanO'callaghan,ScientificAmerican,6Jan.2022 Thefindingsarebasedonthetradingplatform’scustomernotionalnetpercentagebuy/sellbehaviorforstocksthatcomprisetheS&P500sectors. — SherylEstrada,Fortune,4Jan.2022 Thesecondisanironcladdeterminationtodenythefirstasnewproposalsareadvancedfromthenotionalstagetoactuallegislativelanguage. — BenjaminZycher,NationalReview,16Dec.2021 Thereisnooverlap,nocommongroundornotionalcommongoodthatcanbehashedoutandpartiallyachievedthroughnegotiationorcompromise. — DamonLinker,TheWeek,6Aug.2021 TheseISAsmaybeconsideredanotionalcreditsaleratherthanaloan,leavingitinamorecomplicatedregulatoryframeworkthatvariesbystate. — SorensonImpact,Forbes,7Dec.2021 SeeMore Theseexamplesentencesareselectedautomaticallyfromvariousonlinenewssourcestoreflectcurrentusageoftheword'notional.'ViewsexpressedintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionofMerriam-Websteroritseditors.Sendusfeedback. FirstKnownUseofnotional 1597,inthemeaningdefinedatsense1 LearnMoreAboutnotional Sharenotional PosttheDefinitionofnotionaltoFacebook SharetheDefinitionofnotionalonTwitter TimeTravelerfornotional Thefirstknownuseofnotionalwas in1597 Seemorewordsfromthesameyear DictionaryEntriesNearnotional notion notional notionalist SeeMoreNearbyEntries  Statisticsfornotional LastUpdated 4Mar2022 Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “Notional.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notional.Accessed17Mar.2022. Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster WORDOFTHEDAY limerick SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! TestYourVocabulary NamethatThing:FlowerEdition Namethatflower hydrangea amaryllis chrysanthemum hyacinth Testyourknowledge-andmaybelearnsomethingalongtheway. TAKETHEQUIZ Adailychallengeforcrosswordfanatics. TAKETHEQUIZ SubscribetoAmerica'slargestdictionaryandgetthousandsmoredefinitionsandadvancedsearch—adfree! Merriam-Websterunabridged WordsatPlay Isit'St.Patty'sDay'or'St.Paddy'sDay'? St.Patrick'sDay Irishwords,greenthings,limericks,andmore WordsoftheWeek-March11 Fromtheweekending3/11/2022 'Awhile'vs.'AWhile' Therearerules,butwho'slistening? AsktheEditors 'Everyday'vs.'EveryDay' Asimpletricktokeepthemseparate WhatIs'SemanticBleaching'? How'literally'canmean"figuratively" Literally Howtouseawordthat(literally)drivessomepe... IsSingular'They'aBetterChoice? Theawkwardcaseof'hisorher' WordGames GreatWordsforScrabble WordstoimproveyourScrabblegame Takethequiz TheReturnofCommonlyConfusedWords Yourchallengeisimminent.Orisitimmanent? Takethequiz TrueorFalse? Testyourknowledge-andmaybelearnsomethinga... Takethequiz