TITULAR Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

titular

adjective

ˈti-chə-lər

Definition of titular

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 Meanwhile, the 2024 Max spinoff The Penguin, which starred Farrell as the titular villain, served as a bridge in the gap between Batman films. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026 At the top of Verity, the titular best-selling author (Anne Hathaway) and struggling writer Lowen (Dakota Johnson) couldn’t be more different. — Fawnia Soo Hoo, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026 The agent then flees into the titular pawn shop as a mob of protesters pursue him. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026 The film sees Cruise (in heavy prosthetics) play the titular oil tycoon whose company is responsible for an environmental disaster. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for titular

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nominal

Adjective

That translates to literally hundreds of millions of Star Wars cards in print, so investors can easily find individual cards or complete sets for nominal prices.

— Bob Woods, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
Diesel fuel has been setting nominal record highs – an aftereffect of rising global oil prices as well as a supply bottleneck from refineries damaged by the wars in Ukraine and Iran.

— Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026