principal

  • (s) 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
    chief, main, master, primary,

Nouns

  • (n) the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
  • (n) the educator who has executive authority for a school
    • she sent unruly pupils to see the principal
    head teacher, school principal, head,
  • (n) an actor who plays a principal role star, lead,
  • (n) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it corpus, principal sum,
  • (n) (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
  • (n) the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account dealer,

Synonyms

chief main master primary head teacher school principal head star lead corpus principal sum dealer

Words of close approximity

Principe
Principen principle
principal axis principal diagonal principal investigator principality Principality of Andorra Principality of Liechtenstein Principality of Monaco principally principalship principal sum