Figurehead and Token

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

Token is a synonym for figurehead in in name only topic. In some cases you can use "Token" instead the word "Figurehead" as a noun or an adjective, when it comes to topics like perfunctory, nominal head, titular head.

Nearby Word: figure

Token adjective - Insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal).

Figurehead is a synonym for token in in name only topic. You can use "Figurehead" instead an adjective "Token", if it concerns topics such as perfunctory.

Nearby Word: tokenism