Synonyms for notional
- adjective
Most common
imaginary conceptual fanciful theoretical speculative originative
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Imaginary — of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary
imaginary, fanciful, ideal, conceptual, abstract, fantastical, unreal, fancied, freakish, whimsical, capricious, crotchety, visionary, humorsome US, humoursome UK
2. Ideational
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
Near-synonyms: conceptual, fancied, fanciful, ideal
- adj. 2
Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture.
Related words
- Word family
- notionalist notionally
Example sentences
- imaginary Sami said his imaginary friend didn't have a face.
- fanciful His ideas are often fanciful, but they're always original.
- theoretical She's studying to become a theoretical physicist.
- speculative This caused a huge speculative bubble in Algeria.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| notional | rising | |
| imaginary | rising | |
| conceptual | rising | |
| fanciful | steady | |
| theoretical | steady | |
| speculative | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- ideal2
- 6 letters
- unreal2
- 7 letters
- fancied2
- 8 letters
- creative3, abstract2, fanciful3, freakish
- 9 letters
- imaginary5, visionary4, whimsical3, crotchety3, humorsome
- 10 letters
- conceptual4, capricious3, ideational, humoursome
- 11 letters
- theoretical5, speculative4, fantastical, originative
- 12 letters
- conceptional
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ideal2 = 2 syllables).