Definition for Principal:

• One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned.

Synonyms for Principal:

• adj.

  •especial (adjective)
  • unique.
  •head (adjective)
  • header.
  •important (adjective)
  • big.
  •master (adjective)
  • leading,
  • Presiding,
  • governing,
  • directing,
  • commanding.
  •most important (adjective)
  • unapproachable,
  • unparalleled,
  • outstanding,
  • strongest.

• n.

  •
  • fiddler,
  • busker,
  • starring,
  • mainline,
  • Predominating,
  • sovereign,
  • paramount,
  • stellar,
  • number one,
  • prominent,
  • controlling,
  • bandsman,
  • maximum,
  • drummer,
  • ultimate,
  • prime,
  • ranking,
  • top-ranking,
  • prevailing,
  • cellist,
  • major,
  • transcendent,
  • greatest,
  • peerless,
  • unsurpassed,
  • unequaled,
  • Supereminent,
  • unrivaled,
  • composer,
  • supreme,
  • concertmaster,
  • superior,
  • accompanist,
  • bassist,
  • incomparable,
  • highest-ranking,
  • matchless.
  •
  • double,
  • actress,
  • heart-throb,
  • COSTAR,
  • ham,
  • leading lady.
  •
  • assign,
  • cause,
  • assignment,
  • alienation,
  • attest,
  • bail,
  • cancellation,
  • over,
  • cancel,
  • alienate.
  •
  • elementary.
  •
  • foreclose,
  • borrowing,
  • creditworthiness,
  • financier,
  • extension,
  • creditworthy,
  • creditor.
  •
  • faculty,
  • coach,
  • houseparent,
  • headteacher,
  • housemaster,
  • instructor.
  •authority (noun)
  • chairman.
  •chairman (noun)
  • chairwoman.
  •director (noun)
  • kingpin,
  • top dog,
  • controller.
  •master (noun)
  • executive,
  • lord,
  • maestro,
  • proprietress,
  • headmistress,
  • mother,
  • guru,
  • captain,
  • senior,
  • quartermaster,
  • squire,
  • mahatma,
  • president,
  • governor,
  • sire,
  • titleholder,
  • landlord,
  • officer,
  • landlady,
  • proprietor,
  • commander,
  • abbot,
  • commandant,
  • authority,
  • mandarin.
  •original amount of property either owned or owed (noun)
  • assets.
  •property (noun)
  • legacy,
  • ranch,
  • farm,
  • real estate,
  • stock,
  • territory,
  • land,
  • possession,
  • effects,
  • goods,
  • manor,
  • Resources,
  • empire,
  • possessions,
  • ground,
  • belongings,
  • chattel,
  • realty,
  • title,
  • realm,
  • inheritance,
  • domain,
  • fixtures,
  • kingdom,
  • estate,
  • holding.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • much,
  • preponderant,
  • fundamental,
  • bursar,
  • actor.
  •
  • original,
  • chancellor,
  • substantially,
  • provost,
  • overwhelming,
  • protagonist.
  •
  • senate,
  • substantive.
  •
  • real.
  •
  • core.
  •
  • radical.
  •executive
  • administrator.
  •fundamental
  • central.
  •main
  • keynote,
  • main,
  • arch.
  •Other relevant words:
  • diapason,
  • leading role,
  • danseur noble,
  • patent,
  • glaring,
  • egregious,
  • topflight,
  • unadulterated,
  • major part,
  • distribute,
  • fully,
  • gov.,
  • totally,
  • cornet,
  • vibrato,
  • distinctive,
  • invest,
  • surely,
  • working capital,
  • doubt,
  • jumper cable,
  • host,
  • essential part,
  • helmsman,
  • dominating,
  • wizard,
  • drumhead,
  • Eparch,
  • forceful,
  • identifiable,
  • managerial,
  • allow,
  • center,
  • head teacher,
  • critical,
  • vip,
  • keystone,
  • leading man,
  • prodigy,
  • consequential,
  • kingfish,
  • gaffer,
  • fountainhead,
  • purely,
  • universal,
  • corpus,
  • civil authority,
  • at any rate,
  • starring role,
  • brain,
  • striking,
  • first-rate,
  • nous,
  • banner,
  • Cromorna,
  • arrange,
  • spark advance,
  • forefront,
  • requisite,
  • furnish,
  • hull,
  • top-grade,
  • Claribel,
  • chieftain,
  • head word,
  • distinguishable,
  • headland,
  • Vox Humana,
  • illustrious,
  • eminent,
  • Gamba,
  • man,
  • predominate,
  • warden,
  • chiefly,
  • investment,
  • Overruling,
  • prepare,
  • take charge of,
  • reed stop,
  • appoint,
  • employer,
  • root,
  • caput,
  • heart,
  • foreman,
  • remarkable,
  • pencil lead,
  • anyway,
  • taskmaster,
  • attach,
  • Fugleman,
  • importance,
  • evident,
  • pass,
  • monger,
  • gist,
  • obvious,
  • reserve,
  • excellent,
  • own,
  • of import,
  • equity capital,
  • almost all,
  • boss,
  • organ stop,
  • owner,
  • high,
  • considerable,
  • mind,
  • affecting,
  • circulating capital,
  • pure,
  • in any event,
  • noticeable,
  • headman,
  • lead-in,
  • overmastering,
  • preceptor,
  • substance,
  • assemble,
  • brilliant,
  • large,
  • trafficker,
  • bestow,
  • mayor,
  • rectify,
  • jumper lead,
  • super,
  • pooh-bah,
  • laureate,
  • bassoon,
  • bombard,
  • magisterial,
  • LEDE,
  • master spirit,
  • noteworthy,
  • important person,
  • salient,
  • always,
  • bole,
  • Grand vizier,
  • upper,
  • ace,
  • ceo,
  • pronounced,
  • kernel,
  • choicest,
  • promontory,
  • torso,
  • whiz,
  • usual,
  • hulk,
  • compelling,
  • regnant,
  • manage,
  • leash,
  • positively,
  • prima donna,
  • get,
  • most telling,
  • tissue,
  • eye-catching,
  • celeb,
  • person in charge,
  • mavin,
  • top-drawer,
  • customary,
  • peculiar,
  • maiden,
  • anti-hero,
  • designate,
  • pivotal,
  • momentous,
  • most important,
  • asterisk,
  • potent,
  • effectual,
  • recognizable,
  • EXEC,
  • special,
  • loftiest,
  • organize,
  • particular,
  • schoolmaster,
  • needful,
  • body,
  • effective,
  • reigning,
  • bulky,
  • numero uno,
  • distinguished,
  • finance,
  • prior,
  • whizz,
  • tether,
  • Sesquialtera,
  • overall,
  • backing,
  • trace,
  • rudimentary,
  • virtuoso,
  • question,
  • pb,
  • lump,
  • quint,
  • principal part,
  • natural,
  • coryphaeus,
  • conclude,
  • all,
  • entirely,
  • most,
  • constitute,
  • lead story,
  • money,
  • thoroughly,
  • trombone,
  • savings,
  • inherent,
  • sensation,
  • Melodia,
  • bourdon,
  • conspicuous,
  • personage,
  • capitulum,
  • bossman,
  • Voix Celeste,
  • tactical,
  • doyenne,
  • vital,
  • famous,
  • vizier,
  • prominent part,
  • dispose,
  • big shot,
  • official,
  • dignitary,
  • venture capital,
  • quintessential,
  • nucleus,
  • influential,
  • celebrity,
  • deep,
  • the man,
  • register,
  • cello,
  • query,
  • vice president,
  • rank,
  • means,
  • high priest,
  • top banana,
  • sum and substance,
  • foreland,
  • chief executive,
  • principle,
  • monarch,
  • principal sum,
  • nearly,
  • vice-chancellor,
  • Vox Angelica,
  • topmost,
  • deep-seated,
  • wherewithal,
  • fixed capital,
  • overseer,
  • trumpet,
  • apparent,
  • completely,
  • impressive,
  • straits,
  • tremolo,
  • mixture,
  • crack,
  • clarinet,
  • right side,
  • celebrated,
  • front,
  • long,
  • unmistakeable,
  • intrinsic,
  • trader,
  • administer,
  • responsible,
  • speaker,
  • finest,
  • satisfy,
  • king,
  • asset,
  • unmatched,
  • common,
  • cardinal point,
  • greater part,
  • unmixed,
  • wind,
  • draw,
  • prima,
  • trump card,
  • school principal,
  • best part,
  • distinguishing,
  • Famed,
  • simple,
  • biggest,
  • viola,
  • supremo,
  • piccolo,
  • higher,
  • ordain,
  • unlimited,
  • dealer,
  • overbearing,
  • capitalization,
  • serious,
  • profound,
  • sachem,
  • nonpareil,
  • unmistakable,
  • principally,
  • stop,
  • essence,
  • GUV,
  • prima ballerina,
  • fulfil,
  • psyche,
  • crucial,
  • indispensable,
  • decision making,
  • mainly,
  • notable,
  • categorically,
  • unite,
  • marked,
  • big cheese,
  • prevalent,
  • elemental,
  • capital funds,
  • spread,
  • consign,
  • determine,
  • after all,
  • required,
  • significant,
  • Directorial,
  • oboe,
  • wiz,
  • maven,
  • prime minister,
  • administration,
  • twelfth,
  • track,
  • Compages,
  • steer,
  • worst,
  • genius,
  • authoritative,
  • powerful,
  • bulk,
  • big wheel,
  • managing director,
  • tip,
  • somebody,
  • consummate,
  • weighty,
  • headspring,
  • anyhow,
  • certainly,
  • primarily,
  • tierce,
  • allocate,
  • lion's share,
  • strategic,
  • trunk,
  • diva,
  • telling,
  • hint,
  • commit,
  • allot,
  • decidedly,
  • adept,
  • heading,
  • accommodate,
  • leading light,
  • underlying,
  • headlining,
  • mostly,
  • female lead,
  • Gemshorn,
  • top-notch,
  • front-office,
  • octave,
  • Cornopean,
  • right,
  • sine qua non,
  • discernible,
  • originally,
  • funds,
  • shawm,
  • headway,
  • heroine,
  • md,
  • grave,
  • mass,
  • dulciana,
  • absolutely,
  • head man,
  • whole,
  • bargainer,
  • fulfill,
  • big fish,
  • point,
  • definitely,
  • administrative,
  • constitutional,
  • cock,
  • hero,
  • headliner,
  • Hegemonic,
  • paragon,
  • chief part,
  • confidential information,
  • skipper,
  • leading woman,
  • salt,
  • singer,
  • higher-up,
  • device,
  • superman,
  • prescribe,
  • flagrant,
  • utterly,
  • trail,
  • equip,
  • superb,
  • idol,
  • capital structure,
  • inimitable,
  • chief executive officer,
  • absolute,
  • clarion,
  • fund,
  • face,
  • name,
  • perfectly,
  • Gravamen,
  • main part.

Paraphrases for Principal:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    major.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    best, pre-eminent, principled, vital, critical, dominant, primordial, preponderant, primary, chief, foremost, preeminent, pivotal, key, number-one, focal, ultimate, large, principally, premiere, mainstay.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Recommendations, executives, proprietors, clerks, loyalists, skills, major, primary, chief, key, headmaster.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    principles, chiefs, GS, major, primary, chief, foremost, key, headmistress, headmaster, premiere, mainstay.
  • Adverb
    principally.
  • Verb, past tense
    dominated, focused, found, primary, key.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    dominating.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    matters, aims, includes, lies, remains, consists, covers, Focuses, OWES, results, counts, major, primary, key.
  • Verb, base form
    primary.

Antonyms for Principal:

• adj.

  • most important
    inferior, least, subordinate, auxiliary, extra, inessential, insignificant, lower, poor, trivial, ordinary, last, lesser, unimportant, secondary, nonessential, inconspicuous, minor, unknown.
  • Other antonyms:
    collateral, under, deputy, subsidiary, less, second, junior, ancillary, lowly.

• n.

  • person in charge of organization, often an educational one
    interest, worker, follower, employee, commoner.

Homophones for Principal:

• principle.

Holonyms for Principal:

• n.

  • possession
    loan.

Hypernym for Principal:

• n.

  • person
    felon, co-star, television star, malefactor, criminal, idol, movie star, film star, matinee idol, outlaw, Tv Star, crook.

Hyponym for Principal:

• n.

  • person
    Histrion, actor, player, wrongdoer, thespian, role player, offender.
  • possession
    debt.