'Figurehead' definitions:
Definition of 'figurehead'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person used as a cover for some questionable activity [syn: front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman]
noun
Figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
Definition of 'Figurehead'
From: GCIDE
- Figurehead \Fig"ure*head`\, n.
- 1. (Naut.) The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow of a ship. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A person who allows his name to be used to give standing to enterprises in which he has no responsible interest or duties; a nominal, but not real, head or chief. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'figurehead'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a nobody,
- a nothing,
- adherent,
- advocate,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- amicus curiae,
- armory,
- attorney,
- backup,
- backup man,
- badge,
- badge of office,
- badges,
- baton,
- beak,
- blazonry,
- bow,
- bowsprit,
- brassard,
- bust,
- button,
- cap and gown,
- carving,
- chain,
- chain of office,
- champion,
- Charlie McCarthy,
- cipher,
- class ring,
- cockade,
- collar,
- common man,
- creature,
- cross,
- decoration,
- deputy,
- disciple,
- doll,
- dolly,
- dress,
- dummy,
- eagle,
- emblems,
- ensigns,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- fantoccini,
- fasces,
- figure,
- figurine,
- fleur-de-lis,
- flunky,
- follower,
- forecastle,
- foredeck,
- forepeak,
- front,
- front man,
- gillie,
- gingerbread man,
- goon,
- hammer and sickle,
- hanger-on,
- henchman,
- heraldry,
- insignia,
- insignificancy,
- jackal,
- jackstraw,
- jib boom,
- lackey,
- lapel pin,
- lay figure,
- lieutenant,
- lightweight,
- little fellow,
- little guy,
- livery,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- mace,
- man,
- man of straw,
- manikin,
- mannequin,
- mantle,
- marionette,
- markings,
- medal,
- mediocrity,
- minion,
- model,
- monument,
- mortarboard,
- mouthpiece,
- myrmidon,
- nebbish,
- nobody one knows,
- nominal head,
- nonentity,
- nose,
- obscurity,
- old school tie,
- paranymph,
- pin,
- pinch hitter,
- pip-squeak,
- pleader,
- portrait bust,
- procurator,
- prore,
- prow,
- proxy,
- punk,
- puppet,
- regalia,
- representative,
- ring,
- rose,
- rostrum,
- runt,
- satellite,
- scarecrow,
- school ring,
- scrub,
- sculpture,
- second in command,
- secondary,
- shamrock,
- shrimp,
- sigillography,
- skull and crossbones,
- small fry,
- small potato,
- small potatoes,
- snowman,
- sphragistics,
- squirt,
- squit,
- staff,
- stand-in,
- statuary,
- statue,
- statuette,
- stem,
- stooge,
- straw man,
- substitute,
- surrogate,
- swastika,
- sycophant,
- tartan,
- thistle,
- thug,
- tie,
- understudy,
- uniform,
- utility man,
- verge,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vicegerent,
- votary,
- wand,
- wax figure,
- waxwork,
- whiffet,
- whippersnapper,
- wood carving