nominal

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 of nominal formal, paper, titular Words Related to nominal so-called; phantom, virtual; apparent, assumed, evident, ostensible, presumed, seeming, supposed Near Antonyms of nominal 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 Synonyms of nominal chicken, de minimis, footling, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly, Mickey Mouse, minute, niggling, no-account, negligible, paltry, peanut, petty, picayune, piddling, piddly, piffling, pimping, slight, trifling, trivialWords Related to nominal inferior, mean; imperceptible, inappreciable; little, puny, tiny; hairsplitting, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling; one-horse, small-fry, two-bitNear Antonyms of nominal serious, substantial, weighty; eventful, momentous, pivotal; conspicuous, noteworthy, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, striking; appreciable, discernible (also discernable), measurableAntonyms of nominal big, consequential, considerable, important, material, significant