Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun figurehead

2 senses of figurehead

Sense 1
front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman -- (a person used as a cover for some questionable activity)
       => deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker -- (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

Sense 2
figurehead -- (figure on the bow of some sailing vessels)
       => figure -- (a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus")