Paper-tiger synonyms
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empty suit
A person ineffective or incompetent in his/her position of authority. Derived from unfavorable observations that ineffective professionals are memorable only for what they wear and not what they accomplish at the workplace. [c. 1970]
hollow man
A tactic used in debates and arguments where a weaker thesis is substituted for the opponent's real proposition, this thesis then being refuted, thereby creating the illusion of winning the argument against the original proposition.
A person of little importance; nonentity
petty tyrant
The definition of a tin god is a bossy person who receives more respect than he or she should receive.
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Find another word for paper-tiger. In this page you can discover 6 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for paper-tiger, like: empty suit, hollow man, man-of-straw, straw-man, petty tyrant and tin-god.
