ˈnɒm.ɪnl̩ ˈnɑm.ɪnl̩ ˈnɒmɪnətɪv ˈnɒmɪnətɪv appointed by nomination named; bearing the name of a specific person nominative shares of stock serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb nominative noun endings predicate nominative the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb