Synonym: front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman. Similar words: figure, figure out, figure in, prefigure, wax figure, configure, disfigure, disfigured. Meaning: n. 1. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity 2. figure on the bow of some sailing vessels.
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31, The president is just a figurehead; it's the party leader who has the real power.
32, Onara appointed Giddean Danu as Lenoan's replacement, erroneously thinking him to be a malleable political figurehead.
33, It was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux.
34, At her forecastle stood a grotesque figurehead, some worm-eaten wooden eminence with a constipated look and a scroll tucked up under one arm.
35, Ask Jeeves answers about 16 million questions a month, butadmits that even its well-informed butler figurehead is occasionally stumped bysome queries.
36, The president dominates France's government, over which his prime minister, Fran ? ois Fillon , sits as a figurehead.
37, The media demanded to know whether Reagan was in charge or was just a figurehead.
38, The & quot ; Manchukuo & quot ; Puppet Regime was a figurehead set up by the Japanese.
More similar words: figure, figure out, figure in, prefigure, wax figure, configure, disfigure, disfigured, transfigure, public figure, forehead, figurative, figuratively, configuration, transfiguration, reheat, preheat, rehearse, rehearsal, make headway, muddleheaded, double-header, apprehend, comprehend, reprehend, prehensile, comprehended, apprehended, apprehension, comprehension.