| Main Entry: | nominal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supposed, theoretical |
Synonyms: |
alleged, apparent, as advertised, formal, given, honorary, in effect only, in name only, mentioned, named, ostensible, pretended, professed, puppet, purported, seeming, self-styled, simple, so-called, stated, suggested, titular |
| Notes: | nominal means insignificantly small; minimal means the least possible or smallest in amount and degree |
Antonyms: |
actual, real, true |
| Main Entry: | nominal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant |
Synonyms: |
cheap, inconsiderable, inexpensive, low, low-priced, meaningless, minimal, small, symbolic, token, trifling, trivial, unnecessary |
Antonyms: |
important, significant |
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexpensive |
Synonyms: |
at a bargain, bargain, bargain-basement, bargain-counter, bought for a song, budget, buy, cheapo, competitive, cost next to nothing, cut-price, cut-rate, depreciated, dime a dozen, easy on the pocketbook, economical, half-priced, irregular, low tariff, low-cost, low-priced, lowered, marked down, moderate, nominal, on sale, popularly priced, real buy, reasonable, reduced, sale, slashed, standard, steal, uncostly, undear, utility, worth the money |
| Notes: | cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp |
Antonyms: |
costly, dear, expensive |
| Main Entry: | formal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stiff, affected, correct |
Synonyms: |
aloof, by the numbers, ceremonious, conventional, decorous, distant, exact, nominal, playing the game, polite, precise, prim, punctilious, reserved, seemly, sententious, starched, stilted, straight arrow, stuffy, unbending |
Antonyms: |
customary, informal, normal, relaxed, unaffected |
| Main Entry: | inexpensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not high priced |
Synonyms: |
bargain, budget, buy, cheap, cost next to nothing, cut-rate, dime a dozen, dirt-cheap, economical, for a song, half-price, low, low-cost, low-priced, marked down, modest, nominal, popular, popularly priced, real buy, real steal, reasonable, reduced, steal, thrifty |
Antonyms: |
costly, dear, expensive, high-cost, high-priced |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reduced; mediocre |
Synonyms: |
cheap, cut, cut-rate, deficient, depleted, economical, inadequate, inexpensive, inferior, insignificant, little, low-grade, marked down, meager, moderate, modest, nominal, paltry, poor, puny, reasonable, scant, second-rate, shoddy, slashed, small, sparse, substandard, trifling, uncostly, worthless |
Antonyms: |
above, elevated, high, increased, prominent |
| Main Entry: | minimal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | littlest, slightest |
Synonyms: |
basal, basic, essential, fundamental, least, least possible, lowest, minimum, nominal, smallest, token |
Antonyms: |
maximum, most |
| Main Entry: | quasi |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | almost; to a certain extent |
Synonyms: |
apparent, apparently, fake, mock, near, nominal, partly, pretended, pseudo-, seeming, seemingly, semi-, sham*, so-called, supposedly, synthetic, virtual, would-be |
Antonyms: |
entire, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | so-called |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supposed |
Synonyms: |
alleged, allegedly, commonly named, formal, itular, nominal, ostensible, pretended, professed, purported, self-named, self-styled, soi-disant, wrongly named |
| Main Entry: | topical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | current |
Synonyms: |
contemporary, modern, newsworthy, nominal, popular, subjective, thematic, up-to-date |
Antonyms: |
irrelevant, old, past |