Antonyms 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

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. principal

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

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

Matched Categories

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. principalnoun

   the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

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

2. principal, school principal, head teacher, headnoun

   the educator who has executive authority for a school

   "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

   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

3. star, principal, leadnoun

   an actor who plays a principal role

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

   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

4. principal, corpus, principal sumnoun

   capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

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

5. principalnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

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

6. principal, dealeradjective

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

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

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

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. principaladjective

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

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1. principal

   Synonyms:
   General practise principal

How to use principal in a sentence?

1. Brian Chesky:

   I would love to add more board members of color to Airbnb. Absolutely, it's a big, big problem in Silicon Valley. We are not nearly where we need to be. The basic principal we have is that the demographics of a company should map to the demographics in society, especially where you operate. And we are not yet even a mirror of the demographics of society, let alone even more diverse than that at the most senior levels.

2. Frank Parlato:

   She was the principal recruiter of young slaves for Raniere, they nicknamed her ‘Pimp Mack.’.

3. Chris Swanson:

   When you see positions that he held that involve being a principal, school administrator, counselor, GED coordinator, and even after he taught, where he was arrested last week out of New Paths, as a driver, as a transport officer, individuals like Eugene Pratt put themselves in positions of authority over others in order to act on their prey and to find and identify vulnerable people.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   Certainly, voting remains the principal way that every individual can express an opinion, and anyone who chooses not to vote, basically leaves that opinion to others and perhaps don’t hold your values.

5. Chen Chen:

   Many clients like this product, because it's principal-guaranteed.

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