empty title
- hollowEmpty within
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- nominalIn designation only
- figureheadNominal leader, no authority
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
puppet · vanity · worthless · sham · facade · honorific · sinecure · powerless · token · shell · pretender · usurper · nobility · aristocrat · lord · duke · baron · peerage
substantive authority
empty titlereal power
Genuine ability to act
executive power · decision-making authority · working title · seat of power · decision-making power