TITULAR Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

titular

adjective

ˈti-chə-lər

as in nominal

being something in name or form only he's the titular head of the department, though it's the assistant managers who largely run things around here

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Recent Examples of titular Hulu’s British comedy starring Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement puts the titular best friends at odds when Alice’s 26-year-old daughter begins dating the much older Steve. —

Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 The new Harry Potter series stars 12-year-old Dominic McLaughlin in the titular role formerly played by Radcliffe. —

Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 Weekend-only hours and customers double-parked down the block demand speed, overseen with ballet-like precision by the titular Johnson, a 20-year restaurant-industry veteran. —

Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026 This is because the main enemies in this game look to be large chitinous alien monsters, which your titular Gundam can slice into tiny pieces. —

Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for titular

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nominal

Adjective

Not the org chart kind, which can be nominal, but the operational kind that survives a reorg.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
That means raising pay in real terms, not merely bestowing nominal bumps which can be wiped out by inflation.

— Randi Weingarten, Time, 11 June 2026