nominative

Speech parts

1. nominative - Noun

2. nominative - Adjective

3. nominative - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

subject case nominated nominal subjective nominative case subject individual referential fixed formal detailed specified identification instrumental naming
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Antonyms

oblique elected indirect lateral ambiguous obscure
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Hypernyms

case grammatical case

Phrases with the word

nominative information nominative family head

Examples

nominative shares of stock Source: Internet

nominative noun endings Source: Internet

predicate nominative Source: Internet

1 The nominative singular is formed in one of four ways: with –s, with no ending, or by one of these two with a different stem from the oblique cases. Source: Internet

1 —may end in –īs Third declension adjectives with three endings Third declension adjectives with three endings have three separate nominative forms for all three genders. Source: Internet

A distinctive feature of Japanese is the presence of two cases which are roughly equivalent to the nominative case in other languages: one representing the sentence topic, other representing the subject. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nomination game nomination seat nominatival nominative absolute nominative case nominative determinism