| a. | 1. | Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions. |
| 2. | Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical. | |
| 3. | Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; |
| Adj. | 1. | notional - having descriptive value as distinguished from syntactic category; "sex is a notional category; gender is a syntactic one" |
| 2. | notional - not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself" | |
| 3. | notional - not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge" Synonyms: speculative | |
| 4. | notional - indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood" Synonyms: fanciful | |
| 5. | notional - being (or being of the nature of) a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question" Synonyms: conceptional, ideational |
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