Synonyms for notional

Adjective

1. notional

usage: having descriptive value as distinguished from syntactic category; "sex is a notional category; gender is a syntactic one"

2. fanciful, imaginary, imagined, notional, unreal (vs. real)

usage: 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, speculative, theoretical (vs. empirical), theoretic

usage: not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"

4. fanciful, notional, creative (vs. uncreative), originative

usage: indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"

5. conceptional, ideational, notional, abstract (vs. concrete)

usage: 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"