'Nominative' definitions:
Definition of 'nominative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb; "nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative"
adjective
Named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock" [syn: nominative, nominal]
adjective
Appointed by nomination [syn: nominated, nominative]
noun
The category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb [syn: nominative, nominative case, subject case] [ant: oblique, oblique case]
Definition of 'Nominative'
From: GCIDE
- Nominative \Nom"i*na*tive\, a. [L. nominativus belonging to a name, nominative.] (Gram.) Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. -- n. The nominative case. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nominative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abessive,
- ablative,
- accusative,
- adessive,
- allative,
- appellative,
- approximative,
- byname,
- case,
- cognominal,
- common case,
- dative,
- delative,
- denominative,
- diminutive,
- elative,
- epithetic,
- eponymic,
- eponymous,
- essive,
- formal,
- genitive,
- honorific,
- hypocoristic,
- illative,
- in name only,
- inessive,
- instrumental,
- lative,
- local case,
- locative,
- nominal,
- objective case,
- oblique case,
- perlative,
- possessive case,
- prepositional,
- quasi,
- self-called,
- self-christened,
- self-styled,
- so-called,
- soi-disant,
- subject case,
- sublative,
- superessive,
- terminative,
- titular,
- translative,
- vocative,
- would-be