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in name only

adverb

1 in name only

By title or repute though not in fact:
— He's a doctor in name only.

synonym: in name.


Moby thesaurus: alleged, apparently, artificially, avowed, byname, claimed, cognominal, diminutive, epithetic, erroneously, factitiously, falsely, formal, honorific, hypocoristic, hypocritical, nominal, nominally, nominative, ostensible ... show more.

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