notional meaning and definition

NOTIONAL adjective

Definition of notional (adjective)

1. not based on fact; unreal
   • "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
   • synonyms: fanciful, imaginary
2. not based on fact or investigation
   • "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"
   • synonyms: speculative
3. indulging in or influenced by fancy
   • "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"
   • synonyms: fanciful
4. 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