Words Like PRINCIPAL

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PRINCIPAL.

24 Alternative Words Similar to principal

1 Chief Adjective      Synonym Words Like Chief
2 Main Adjective      Synonym Words Like Main
3 Primary Adjective      Synonym Words Like Primary
4 Important Adjective      Similar Words Like Important
5 Head Noun      Synonym Words Like Head
6 Star Noun      Synonym Words Like Star
7 Lead Noun      Synonym Words Like Lead
8 Capital Noun      Synonym Words Like Capital
9 Debt Noun      Synonym Words Like Debt
10 Educator Noun      Synonym Words Like Educator
11 Pedagog Noun      Synonym Words Like Pedagog
12 Pedagogue Noun      Synonym Words Like Pedagogue
13 Player Noun      Synonym Words Like Player
14 Princely Adjective      Synonym Words Like Princely
15 Subordinate Noun      Antonym Words Like Subordinate
16 Abettor Noun      Antonym Words Like Abettor
17 Auxiliary Noun      Antonym Words Like Auxiliary
18 Assistant Noun      Antonym Words Like Assistant
19 Heirloom Noun      Synonym Words Like Heirloom
20 Mortuary Noun      Synonym Words Like Mortuary
21 Chancellor Noun      Hyponym Words Like Chancellor
22 Headmistress Noun      Hyponym
23 Master Noun      Hyponym Words Like Master
24 Crook Noun      Hyponym Words Like Crook

8 examples of principal

1 the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case.
2 the principal of a faction, a school, a firm, etc.
3 the main doors were of solid glass
4 policemen were primary targets
5 a master switch
6 the principal rivers of America
7 the master bedroom
8 the principal example

10 definitions of principal

1 Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main
2 Of or pertaining to a prince; princely.
3 A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; ; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant.
4 The chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, -- as distinguished from an accessory.
5 A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety.
6 One who employs another to act for him, -- as distinguished from an agent.
7 A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.
8 A capital sum of money, placed out at interest, due as a debt or used as a fund; -- so called in distinction from interest or profit.
9 The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
10 In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason.
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