The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NOMINAL which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2008.
Putative crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NOMINAL | 67 % | 7 |
| SUPPOSED | 33 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Putative
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- purported
- supposed
- reputed
- acknowledged
- presumptive
- hypothetical
- presumed
- speculative
- prospective
- possible
- probable
- likely
Crossword Answer definitions
NOMINAL noun- (grammar) A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.
- (grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.)
- A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.)
- (police jargon) A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested.
- Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
- Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
- Existing in name only.
- Of or relating to nominalism.
- Insignificantly small.
- Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
- Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
- Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
- (grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
- According to plan or design.
- Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.
- (of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant.
- Of a species, the species name without consideration of whether it is a junior synonym or in reality consists of more than one biological species.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result NOMINAL
- Budget-friendly
- Insignificant
- Trifling
- So-called
- In name only
- Not worth mentioning
- Putative
- Par.
- Existing in name only.
- Not real or actual.