Figurehead and Head

Figurehead

Figurehead noun - A person used as a cover for some questionable activity.

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Head and figurehead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Head" instead a noun "Figurehead".

Nearby Word: figure

Head noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.

Usage example: as head of the planning committee, he had the responsibility of appointing someone to look into the parking situation

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Figurehead and head are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Figurehead" instead a noun "Head".

Nearby Words: heading, headland, headship, headband, headed

female	female figurehead	female head
true	true figurehead	true head
stupid	stupid figurehead	stupid head
actual	actual figurehead	actual head
Other adjectives: real, male, living, pretty, new, said.

Charon, the ship that guides damned souls to Hell in Dante's Inferno, has a giant talking head as the figurehead.

Source: Faceship
He thinks he's still the head of the Illuminati, and if JC tells him he's only a figurehead now, Lucius requests JC euthanize him.

Source: Video Game / Deus Ex
The common supposition was that the name derived from a creature of a man with the head of an ox, a figure of which served as the galley's figurehead.

Source: Our Centaurs Are Different

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