Synonyms for principal
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : prin-suh-puhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɪn sə pəl |
Top 10 synonyms for principal Other synonyms for the word principal
- arch
- assets
- capital
- capital funds
- cardinal
- champion
- chief
- controlling
- crowning
- essential
- exec
- first
- foremost
- greatest
- head
- highest
- incomparable
- key player
- lead
- leader
- mainline
- matchless
- maximum
- money
- paramount
- peerless
- preceptor
- predominant
- preeminent
- premier
- prevailing
- primary
- prime
- prominent
- protagonist
- rector
- ruler
- second-to-none
- sovereign
- star
- stellar
- strongest
- supereminent
- superintendent
- superior
- supreme
- transcendent
- unapproachable
- unequaled
- unparalleled
- unrivaled
Définition of principal
Origin :- c.1300, "main, principal, chief, dominant, most important;" also "great, large," from Old French principal "main, most important," of persons, "princely, high-ranking" (11c.), from Latin principalis "first in importance; original, primitive," from princeps (see prince).
- adj most important
- noun person in charge of organization, often an educational one
- noun original amount of property either owned or owed
- He is far below Halbert in position, and that is the principal thing.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- And let our principal and most trusty friends named in my last know that I do.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The Marquis made a round of the principal of those mansions.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The principal officials had assembled in Westminster Hall at 10 o'clock.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- The principal toast, proposed by Mr. Gladstone, was the Queen.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- What ought to be the principal view of a good wife in adorning her person.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The principal thing is, not how it happened, but that he is going to get well, Sidney.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- I want everyone to enjoy it, and my brother to act the principal part in it.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Of course the principal believed at once that I was the chief criminal.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- I thought it was proved that you helped to put the pony in the principal's room.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
Antonyms for principal
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