in name

1. 1.

   by title or repute though not in fact

   “he's a doctor in name only”

   Synonymsin name only

Questions about in name

What does in name mean?

in name means "by title or repute though not in fact".

What is another word for in name?

Close synonyms include in name only. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in name a common word?

in name is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.