Synonyms of nominally

nominally

adverb

as in slightly

in a very small quantity or degree

although the more expensive TV set is nominally better than the other, it's not worth the big difference in price

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slightly
• little
• negligibly
• just
• a trifle
• a bit
• barely
• marginally
• minimally
• scarcely
• scantily
• meagerly
• hardly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• most
• very
• substantially
• something
• so
• particularly
• extremely
• far
• highly
• too
• entirely
• especially
• heavily
• significantly
• completely
• considerably
• exceedingly
• much
• totally
• terribly
• purely
• extra
• extensively
• awfully
• greatly
• super
• utterly
• right
• thoroughly
• mighty
• mortally
• real
• full
• eminently
• exceptionally
• rattling
• mightily
• deadly
• noticeably
• frightfully
• appreciably
• palpably
• jolly
• awful
• whacking
• beastly
• abundantly
• generously
• liberally
• discernibly
• handsomely
• hugely
• plentifully
• grandly
• monstrously
• monumentally
• astronomically

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nominally

In practice, many MSOs grew too fast through acquisition to ever build that platform, ending up with different equipment, different extraction methods, and different SOPs for nominally identical products across their networks. — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

But the only album Sly Stone released in the last 40 years of his life, nominally a solo album, is otherwise disappointingly devoted to revamping his group’s old hits. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 7 July 2026

The hair-raising moments in this homegrown genre hallmark arise nominally through character development, a key to Paranormal Activity’s enduring power. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

That decision gave presidents the power to remove members of nominally independent agencies. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 7 July 2026

This flyby of 1998 KY26 would occur sometime in July 2031 if the spacecraft proceeds nominally. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026

At least some of these colonies had become nominally British in the 1760s, thanks to military triumph late in the Seven Years’ War, 1756-1763. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

On the left, Nico O’Reilly was tasked with drifting inside, leaving Rashford to take on his man himself, while Quansah was hesitant to get forward, nominally the right centre-back whenever England had the ball. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 27 June 2026

Nothing is ever going to top it except, of course, the thin green coat of algae that Greenwater Solutions—seems nominally determinative, in a bad way—is trying to spritz with nanobubbles. — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026