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in name only
adjective as in nominal
Example Sentences
He said BaronHR was often an employer “in name only” because “clients dictated the employment terms and conditions” and that since 2018 he had had “restricted involvement.”
A passerby threw a comment in Flake’s direction: “RINO!” — short for “Republican in name only.”
Trump later denounced those aides as “RINOs,” Republicans in name only, and promised to appoint true loyalists in a second term.
Snyder argued that Girardi was running the firm in name only and called it a “Weekend at Bernie’s” situation where partners at the firm were “propping him up to keep the party going.”
“It may be Little Tokyo in name only and not have anything to do with the Little Tokyo that we know,” he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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