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

1 sense of paper tiger

Sense 1
paper tiger -- (the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual; "he reminded Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth")
       => powerlessness, impotence, impotency -- (the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble)