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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]

WordNet Nominative
adj 1: serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words
identified with the subject of a copular verb;
"nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative"
2: named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative
shares of stock" [syn: nominal]
3: appointed by nomination [syn: nominated]
n : the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of
a verb [syn: nominative case, subject case] [ant: oblique]

Moby Dictionary
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