Antonyms for principal

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : prin-suh-puhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɪn sə pəl

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for principal

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