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Synonyms & Antonyms of notional
1
dealing with or expressing a quality or idea
- she has a notional understanding of romantic love but no actual experience of being in love
Synonyms for notional
- abstract,
- conceptual,
- ideal,
- ideational,
- metaphysical,
- theoretical
- (also theoretic)
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- cosmic
- (also cosmical),
- intellectual,
- mental,
- spiritual
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2
not real and existing only in the imagination
- your computer's "visits" to various parts of cyberspace are entirely notional—you stay put and the Web pages come to you
Synonyms for notional
- chimerical
- (also chimeric),
- fabulous,
- fanciful,
- fantasied,
- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- fictional,
- fictitious,
- ideal,
- imaginal,
- imaginary,
- imagined,
- invented,
- made-up,
- make-believe,
- mythical
- (or mythic),
- phantasmal,
- phantasmic,
- phantom,
- pretend,
- unreal,
- visionary
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The first known use of notional was in 1597
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