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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
notional
    adj 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" [syn: fanciful, imaginary, notional]
    2: not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of
       cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative
       knowledge" [syn: notional, speculative]
    3: indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all
       the notional vagaries of childhood" [syn: fanciful,
       notional]
    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" [syn: conceptional,
       ideational, notional]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Notional \No"tion*al\, a.
   1. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing
      abstract conceptions.
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   2. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.
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            Discourses of speculative and notional things.
                                                  --Evelyn.
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   3. Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical;
      fanciful; as, a notional man.
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Thesaurus Results for Notional:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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