notional Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite not based on fact; unreal
    imaginary; fanciful.
    • the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt
    • a small child's imaginary friends
    • to create a notional world for oneself
  2. adjective satellite not based on fact or investigation
    speculative.
    • a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs
    • speculative knowledge
  3. adjective satellite indulging in or influenced by fancy
    fanciful.
    • a fanciful mind
    • all the notional vagaries of childhood
  4. adjective satellite being of the nature of a notion or concept
    conceptional; ideational.
    • a plan abstract and conceptional
    • to improve notional comprehension
    • a notional response to the question

WordNet

No"tion*al adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913