Synonyms for principal
ˈprɪn sə pəlprin·ci·pal

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1. principalnoun

   Synonyms:
   headmaster, headmistress

2. principaladjective

   Synonyms:
   client

3. principalnoun

   Primary; most important.

   A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest.

   Synonyms:
   chief, primary, main

4. principalnoun

   The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.

   Synonyms:
   dean

5. principalnoun

   The primary participant in a crime.

   Synonyms:
   ringleader

6. principalnoun

   A partner or owner of a business.

   Synonyms:
   proprietor

7. principalnoun

   A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ.

   Synonyms:
   diapason

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1. principal

   Synonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, betrayer, chief, commander, enemy, foe, hinderer, instigator, leader, opponent, opposer, rival

   Antonyms:
   abetter, abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, coadjutor, colleague, companion, confederate, follower, helper, henchman, participator, partner, retainer

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1. principal

   Synonyms:
   highest, first, main, leading, chief, primary, foremost, pre-eminent, prominent

   Antonyms:
   inferior, subordinate, secondary, supplemental, subject, auxiliary, minor

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1. principalnoun

   the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

   Synonyms:
   head teacher, head, lead, corpus, star, school principal, principal sum, dealer

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

2. principal, school principal, head teacher, headnoun

   the educator who has executive authority for a school

   "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

   Synonyms:
   mind, heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, nous, drumhead, headland, head teacher, head, question, point, top dog, lead, brain, dealer, star, headspring, foreland, pass, header, headway, read/write head, head word, chief, forefront, principal sum, capitulum, oral sex, fountainhead, caput, straits, corpus

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

3. star, principal, leadnoun

   an actor who plays a principal role

   Synonyms:
   hint, lead story, whiz, lead-in, wind, school principal, atomic number 82, head teacher, ace, head, confidential information, whizz, headliner, leading, tether, lead, hotshot, wiz, star topology, dealer, sensation, lede, steer, maven, genius, star, asterisk, virtuoso, mavin, wizard, jumper cable, jumper lead, booster cable, principal sum, adept, leash, superstar, pencil lead, trail, corpus, tip, champion, track, spark advance

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

4. principal, corpus, principal sumnoun

   capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

   Synonyms:
   head teacher, head, lead, corpus, star, school principal, principal sum, dealer

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

5. principalnoun

   (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

   Synonyms:
   head teacher, head, lead, corpus, star, school principal, principal sum, dealer

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

6. principal, dealeradjective

   the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

   Synonyms:
   trader, head teacher, head, lead, corpus, monger, star, school principal, bargainer, principal sum, dealer

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

7. chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)adjective

   most important element

   "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

Matched Categories

1. • Actor
   • Capital
   • Criminal Law
   • Debt
   • Wrongdoer

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1. principalnoun

   Synonyms:
   chief, main, first, highest, supreme, leading, cardinal, most considerable, most important

2. principal

   Synonyms:
   n. chief, head, leader, chief actor

3. principal

   Synonyms:
   master, head master

4. principal

   Synonyms:
   employer, constituent

5. principal

   Synonyms:
   capital sum (placed at interest)

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1. principaladjective

   Synonyms:
   leading, chief, cardinal, paramount, main, foremost

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1. List of paraphrases for "principal":

   main, major, primary, key, chief, senior, leading, core, mainly, director, principals, top, master, principale, parent, capital, principle, lead, 1st, keynote, prime, basic, primarily

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1. principal

   Synonyms:
   General practise principal

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How to use principal in a sentence?

1. Dan Herbert:

   The school didn't like the fact that he was making complaints, the school, the principal didn't like the fact that Yvonne Pinkston and Yvonne Pinkston grandparents were doing what they're supposed to do, and that is, hold the school accountable.

2. President Barack Obama:

   After I took office, I made clear that one of the principal achievements of this body -- the nuclear non-proliferation regime -- was endangered by Iran's violation of the NPT, on that basis, the (U.N.) Security Council tightened sanctions on the Iranian government, and many nations joined us to enforce them. Together, we showed that laws and agreements mean something.

3. George MacDonald:

   The principal part of faith is patience.

4. Fonki Samuel Forba:

   When we handed the children to their parents this evening, we learned two students are still with the kidnappers, and the principal and one teacher.

5. Geoffroy Wallier:

   Progressively, companies with credit difficulties will be allowed to default in China and investors should be prepared to lose some of their principal.