front man

noun

1

: a person serving as a front or figurehead

2

: the lead performer in a musical group

Examples of front man in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In fact, Jaissle, with his emotional touchline demeanour and obsessive tactical demands, comes across more as a highly-strung indie-rock songwriter/front man. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Blackmore contacted front man Ian Gillan to gauge his interest in such a reunion, something that wasn’t able to be accomplished at the band’s 2016 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026

César Gastélum, the group’s front man, had become famous for such innocuous pranks. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Life has beaten down Weisman’s Jake Levinson, once the radical front man of a bad Rage Against the Machine clone, into a dead-eyed nihilist. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for front man

• afghan
• bedpan
• began
• caveman
• chapin
• cyan
• deadpan
• dextran
• divan
• doorman
• fishman
• flagman