In name only

Synonyms for "in name only" (48 found)

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alleged apparently artificially avowed byname claimed cognominal diminutive epithetic erroneously

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factitiously falsely formal honorific hypocoristic hypocritical nominal nominally nominative ostensible ostensibly plausibly pretended

Adverb(1 words)

in name

Related words (24)

pretexted professed purported quasi seemingly self-called self-christened self-styledso calledso-called soi-disant specious spuriously synthetically titular truthlessly ungenuinely unnaturally untruly unveraciously

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would bewould-be

Noun(2 words)

proforma titulary

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