Principal
Meaning of Principal
adjective
- first in order of importance; main.
the country's principal cities
- denoting an original sum invested or lent.
the principal amount of your investment
- the most important or senior person in an organization or group.
a design consultancy whose principal is based in San Francisco
- a sum of money lent or invested, on which interest is paid.
the winners are paid from the interest without even touching the principal
- a person for whom another acts as an agent or representative.
stockbrokers in Tokyo act as agents rather than as principals
- the person directly responsible for a crime.
- a main rafter supporting purlins.
- an organ stop sounding a main register of open flue pipes typically an octave above the diapason.
all the principals are on one manual
Middle English: via Old French from Latin principalis ‘first, original’, from princeps, princip- ‘first, chief’.
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Hyphenation of Principal
Prin-ci-pal
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- Principal is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Principal synonyms
Meaning chief:
Meaning school principal:
Meaning star:
Meaning corpus:
Meaning dealer:
Meaning most important:
Meaning most prominent in rank, importance, or position:
Meaning coming before all others in time or order; earliest; 1st:
Meaning present as the strongest or main element:
Meaning having power and influence over others:
Meaning of crucial importance:
Meaning decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something:
Meaning absolutely necessary; essential:
Meaning fundamental or central to the nature of something or someone:
Meaning forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental:
Meaning a piece of thin wire with two short right-angled end pieces which are driven by a stapler through sheets of paper to fasten them together:
Meaning expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements:
Meaning of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else:
Meaning most noticeable or important:
Meaning of first importance; main:
Meaning of the greatest importance; principal or essential:
Meaning relating to the centre or most important part:
Meaning first in importance, order, or position; leading:
Meaning more important than anything else; supreme:
Meaning greater or more important; main:
Meaning currently exercising authority or influence:
Meaning main; principal:
Meaning highest in rank or authority:
Meaning more important than any other considerations:
Meaning of the greatest importance; fundamental:
Meaning (of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty:
Meaning being or happening at the end of a process; final:
Meaning highest in place, rank, or importance:
Meaning great in rank, status, or importance:
Meaning most extreme; greatest:
Meaning highest in position, rank, or degree:
Meaning highest in physical position; highest:
Meaning a person who is in charge of a worker, group, or organization:
Meaning a person chosen to preside over a meeting:
Meaning a woman chosen to preside over a meeting:
Meaning the elected head of a republic:
Meaning a member of the board of people that manages or oversees the affairs of a business:
Meaning a person responsible for controlling or administering an organization or group of staff:
Meaning a person or organization that employs people:
Meaning the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country:
Meaning a person exercising government or dominion:
Meaning a person or thing that directs or regulates something:
Meaning a person in charge of others; a boss:
Meaning an official appointed to govern a town or region:
Meaning a man in a position of authority such as one's employer or father (often used as a term of address):
Meaning a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively:
Meaning a sum of money that is owed or due:
Meaning a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest:
Principal antonyms
Meaning lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance:
Meaning lower in rank or position:
Meaning less important than but related or supplementary to something:
Words that rhyme with Principal
coprincipal, forcipal, intermunicipal, municipal, nonmunicipal, premunicipal, principal, subprincipal, supermunicipal, underprincipal, unprincipal, Oedipal, oedipal, Ashurbanipal, Assurbanipal, pipal, ripal, tripal, Disipal, brocasipal, Evipal
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