Cipher
Cipher noun - A person of no importance or influence.
Usage example: it was either write the Great American Novel or be consigned to the status of a cipher in the annals of literature
Figurehead
Figurehead noun - A person used as a cover for some questionable activity.
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Synonyms for Figurehead
Cipher is a synonym for figurehead in nominal head topic. You can use "Cipher" instead a noun "Figurehead", if it concerns topics such as titular head.
Nearby Word: figure
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| real | real cipher | real figurehead |
| ineffectual | ineffectual cipher | ineffectual figurehead |
| new | new cipher | new figurehead |
| political | political cipher | political figurehead |
Both words in one sentence
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His chief contribution to the workings of Cipher is to be a political figurehead, much like Colosseum's Venus.
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