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titular

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of titular

being something in name or form only

  • he's the titular head of the department, though it's the assistant managers who largely run things around here
Synonyms of titular

formal, nominal, paper
Words Related to titular

so-called

phantom, virtual

apparent, assumed, evident, ostensible, presumed, seeming, supposed
Near Antonyms of titular

actual, real, true

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