overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

notional.

Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈnəʊʃənəl/UK/ˈnoʊʃənəl/General-American
  1. Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.

    The idea that a rooster says cock-a-doodle-doo rather than ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh is socially conventional even though its sound correspondence is at heart notional.
  2. Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.

    This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture.
  3. Stubborn.

    Maine
  4. Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.

  5. Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount

  6. Full of ideas or imaginings.

    informal
Where this word comes from

From notion + -al.

noun/ˈnəʊʃənəl/UK/ˈnoʊʃənəl/General-American
  1. A fake company used as a front in espionage.

Where this word comes from

From notion + -al.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

notional has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

notional studionotional workshello, notional

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.