in name only

Meaning

1. officially recognized but not existing in reality

   He's party leader in name only.

In the movies · 17

• Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002
• Well, your name only takes four letters to spell out.Baby Driver2017
• Your name only. DUMBLEDORE: It's a very long name....Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2004
• That's the only name they ever gave me.Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015
• Page Mackland Park is the name, and that's the only name you need to remember.Interstate 602002
• He changes all the names and only writes about hobos, pimps, and junkies.The French Dispatch2021
• - Any names? - Only told us his name, Ned Roundtree.Unforgiven1992
• - Right. - And he's the only name on it?American Movie1999

Learn it in full scenes

• Interstate 602002
  • The Legend of O.W. Grant
  • Neal's Dad Hijacks His Birthday Lunch
  • Neal Takes the Card Test
• American Movie1999
  • Mark's Twelfth Hour Deadline
  • Mark Pitches Northwestern
  • Family Fights Over the Phone Bill

From the same entry

• by name
• by the name of
• enter name
• give your name to
• go by the name of
• have your name on it
• in all but name
• in God's name
• in the name of
• name is mud
• the name of the game
• a name to conjure with