NOUN | person | figurehead, front man, front, nominal head, straw man, strawman | a person used as a cover for some questionable activity |
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artifact | figurehead | figure on the bow of some sailing vessels |
Sounds | fih'gyerhheh.d | |
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Rhymes | abed ... zed: 93 rhymes with ehd... |
Meaning | A person used as a cover for some questionable activity. | |
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Synonyms | front man, front, nominal head, straw man, strawman | |
Broader | deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
Spanish | encubridor, hombre de paja, tapadera, testaferro | |
Catalan | encobridor, home de palla, tapadora, testaferro |
Meaning | figure on the bow of some sailing vessels. | |
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Broader | figure | A model of a bodily form (especially of a person) |
Spanish | figurón de proa, mascarón de proa | |
Catalan | mascaró de proa |
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