bell notificationshomepageloginedit profileclubsdmBox

Search word meanings:

Word Meanings - NOTIONAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions. 2. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical. Discourses of speculative and notional things. Evelyn. 3. Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical;

Additional info about word: NOTIONAL

1. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions. 2. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical. Discourses of speculative and notional things. Evelyn. 3. Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of NOTIONAL)

Related words: (words related to NOTIONAL)

  • IMAGINARY
    Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures Addison. Imaginary calculus See under Calculus. -- Imaginary expression or quantity
  • IDEALISTIC
    Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.
  • SPIRITUALIZE
    To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. (more info) 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize
  • ABSTRUSELY
    In an abstruse manner.
  • INTELLECTUALIST
    1. One who overrates the importance of the understanding. Bacon. 2. One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.
  • METAPHYSICALLY
    In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a metaphysician. South.
  • ABSTRACTION
    The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or
  • SPIRITUAL-MINDED
    Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • CONCEPTIONAL
    Pertaining to conception.
  • CHIMERICAL
    Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects. Syn. -- Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful; delusive.
  • IDEALOGUE
    One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator. Mrs. Browning.
  • ABSTRACTEDLY
    In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
  • SPIRITUALISTIC
    Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.
  • IDEALISM
    The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations. (more info) 1. The quality or state of being ideal. 2. Conception
  • SUBJECTIVE
    Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. Syn. -- See Objective. Subjective sensation , one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes
  • INTELLECTUAL
    1. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc. Logic is to teach us the right use of our reason or intellectual powers. I. Watts. 2. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding;
  • UNREALLY
    In an unreal manner; ideally.
  • ABSTRACTITIOUS
    Obtained from plants by distillation. Crabb.
  • INTELLECTUALLY
    In an intellectual manner.
  • ABSTRACTNESS
    The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the ideas." Locke.
  • THYROIDEAL
    Thyroid.
  • OMENTAL
    Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.
  • EXPERIMENTAL
    1. Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher. 2. Known by, or derived from, experience; as, experimental religion.
  • ALIMENTALLY
    So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.
  • INSTRUMENTAL
    Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
  • RE-CREATIVE
    Creating anew; as, re-creative power.
  • ELEMENTAL
    1. Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air. "Elemental strife." Pope. 2. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary.
  • PIGMENTAL; PIGMENTARY
    Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments. Dunglison. Pigmentary degeneration , a morbid condition in which an undue amount of pigment is deposited in the tissues.
  • ORNAMENTAL
    Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
  • REGIMENTALS
    The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense. Colman.
  • SENTIMENTALLY
    In a sentimental manner.
  • NIDAMENTAL
    of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata.
  • SACRAMENTALLY
    In a sacrament manner.

 

Back to top