· a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Synonym(s): front_man, front, figurehead, nominal_head, straw_man
Hypernym(s): deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
· a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
Synonym(s): straw_man
Hypernym(s): specious_argument
· an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
Synonym(s): scarecrow, straw_man, bird-scarer, scarer
Hypernym(s): effigy, image, simulacrum