One entry found for nominal.

Entry Word: nominal
Function: adjective
Text: 1 being something in name or form only <he was the nominal head of state--everyone knew the country was actually run by one of his advisers>
Synonyms formal, paper, titular
Related Words so-called; phantom, virtual
Near Antonyms actual, real, true
2 so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention <when you pay $400 for an airline ticket, a ticketing fee of five dollars seems nominal> -- see NEGLIGIBLE 1