Meanings
plural front men
- A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
Near-synonyms: frontperson, front
Synonyms: frontperson, front
- entertainmentThe lead singer in a musical group.
Near-synonym: frontperson
1 more example
Pete Doherty is the front man of the Libertines.
Synonyms: frontperson
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
nounThe lead singer in a musical group.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna male person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan testaferro, prestanoms (Andorra)
- testaferropublic face
- prestanoms (Andorra)public face
Finnish keulakuva, hyökkääjä
- keulakuvapublic face
- hyökkääjäfootball: striker, attacker, forward
- solistimusic: lead singer
French prête-nom, homme de paille
- prête-nompublic face
- homme de paillepublic face
German Strohmann, Strohfrau
- Strohmannpublic face
- Strohfraupublic face
- Frontmannmusic: lead singer
- Frontfraumusic: lead singer
Italian uomo di paglia, fantoccio
- uomo di pagliapublic face
- fantocciopublic face
- prestanomepublic face
Polish frontman
- frontmanmusic: lead singer
Portuguese testa de ferro
- testa de ferropublic face
Russian подставно́е лицо́, номина́льный глава́
- подставно́е лицо́ (podstavnóje licó)public face
- номина́льный глава́ (nominálʹnyj glavá)public face
- зиц-председа́тель (zic-predsedátelʹ)public face
- напада́ющий (napadájuščij)football: striker, attacker, forward
- фо́рвард (fórvard)football: striker, attacker, forward
- вокали́ст (vokalíst)music: lead singer
- соли́ст (solíst)music: lead singer
- фронтме́н (frontmɛ́n)music: lead singer
- певе́ц (pevéc)music: lead singer
Spanish testaferro, testaférrea
- testaferropublic face
- testaférreapublic face
- cabeza de fierropublic face
Swedish frontman
- frontmanmusic: lead singer
Cite this entry
front man. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20man
“front man.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20man. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “front man,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20man.
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