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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

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, principal, 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, principal, 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, principal, 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, principal, 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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. principal

   Synonyms:
   General practise principal

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How to use Principal in a sentence?

1. Chloe Shelton:

   Before I was even called, the vice principal told Chloe Shelton that the Bible says that women can only have children with a man.

2. Benjamin Franklin:

   A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district - all studied and appreciated as they merit - are the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson, …Journal, 1860:

   The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend… The cheat and bully and malefactor we meet everywhere is the Government.

4. Interim Superintendent Wayne Walters:

   As a former principal, I know just the possibility of an incident like today is what keeps us up at night.

5. Imad Mesdoua:

   The principal thing that has been stopping this multi-national force from coming about has been the historical distrust and underlying tensions between the two key players: Nigeria and Cameroon.