Principal

//ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl//

Synonyms for "principal" (253 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (51)

Adjective(1 words)
chief
Adjective(1 words)
chief
Noun(1 words)
client

Strong matches (76)

Related words (126)

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Adjective(2 words)
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Adjective(3 words)
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14 relation types

More general

14 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

9 entries

Related terms

6 entries

at location

1 entries

capable of

3 entries

coordinate

1 entries

derived

22 entries

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has context

13 entries

is a

6 entries

part of

1 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

63 entries

Showing 16 of 63 words.

similar

6 entries

Translations

269 translations across 64 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • paresori adj (primary, main)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • κεφάλαιος adj (primary, main)
  • κεφάλαιον noun (money originally invested or loaned)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رَئِيسِيّ adj (primary, main)
  • مُدِير noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • مُدِيرَة noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • مُوَكِّل noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • асно́ўны adj (primary, main)
  • гало́ўны adj (primary, main)
  • даве́рнік noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)
  • дырэ́ктар noun (chief administrator of a school)

Bengali

3 entries
  • প্রধান শিক্ষক noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • মুহতামিম noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • মুহতামিম noun (chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • гла́вен adj (primary, main)
  • осно́вен adj (primary, main)
  • главен виновник noun (legal: primary participant in a crime)
  • главница noun (money originally invested or loaned)

Burmese

4 entries
  • အဓိက adj (primary, main)
  • ကျောင်းအုပ် noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • ကျောင်းအုပ်ကြီး noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • ကျောင်းအုပ်ကြီး noun (chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college)

Catalan

3 entries
  • director noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • directora noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • representat noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 校長 /校长 noun (chief administrator of a school)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 校長 /校长 noun (chief administrator of a school)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 主要 adj (primary, main)
  • 主犯 noun (legal: primary participant in a crime)
  • 委託人 /委托人 noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)
  • 本金 noun (money originally invested or loaned)

Czech

4 entries
  • hlavní adj (primary, main)
  • (počáteční) vklad noun (money originally invested or loaned)
  • (původní) půjčka noun (money originally invested or loaned)
  • hlavní pachatel noun (legal: primary participant in a crime)

Danish

1 entries
  • hovedstol noun (money originally invested or loaned)

Dutch

4 entries
  • voornaamste adj (primary, main)
  • hoofdsom noun (money originally invested or loaned)
  • lastgever noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)
  • rector noun (chief administrator of a school)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • тӱҥ adj (primary, main)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • precipa adj (primary, main)
  • kapitalo noun (money originally invested or loaned)
  • lernejestro noun (chief administrator of a school)

Finnish

4 entries
  • pää adj (primary, main)
  • ensitanssija noun (dancer at the highest rank)
  • johtajaopettaja noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • kurkihirsi noun (architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof)

French

4 entries
  • principal adj (primary, main)
  • directeur noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • directrice noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • donneur d'ordre noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)

Galician

1 entries
  • principal adj (primary, main)

Georgian

4 entries
  • მთავარი adj (primary, main)
  • ძირითადი adj (primary, main)
  • დირექტორი noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • მიმნდობი noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)

German

4 entries
  • Haupt adj (primary, main)
  • hauptsächlich adj (primary, main)
  • wesentlich adj (primary, main)
  • Geschäftsherr noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)

Greek

2 entries
  • αρχικό κεφάλαιο noun (money originally invested or loaned)
  • διευθυντής noun (chief administrator of a school)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • atuarfiit pisortaat noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • atuarfiup pisortaa noun (chief administrator of a school)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בָּכִיר adj (primary, main)
  • מְנַהֵל noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • מְנַהֶלֶת noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • משלח noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)

Hindi

4 entries
  • प्रधान adj (primary, main)
  • प्रमुख adj (primary, main)
  • मुख्य adj (primary, main)
  • प्राचार्य noun (chief administrator of a school)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • fő adj (primary, main)
  • legfontosabb adj (primary, main)
  • igazgató noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • iskolaigazgató noun (chief administrator of a school)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • aðal adj (primary, main)
  • höfuð adj (primary, main)
  • rektor noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • rektor noun (chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • guru kepala noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • kepala sekolah noun (chief administrator of a school)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • osnovnoi adj (primary, main)
  • pää adj (primary, main)

Irish

1 entries
  • príomhoide noun (chief administrator of a school)

Italian

3 entries
  • principale adj (primary, main)
  • capitale noun (money originally invested or loaned)
  • preside noun (chief administrator of a school)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 主要な adj (primary, main)
  • 元金 noun (money originally invested or loaned)
  • 学校長 noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • 校長 noun (chief administrator of a school)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ចៅហ្វាយ noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)
  • ទុន noun (money originally invested or loaned)
  • នាយកវិទ្យាល័យ noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • សិក្សាភិរក្សវិទ្យាល័យ noun (chief administrator of a school)

Korean

4 entries
  • 주요하다 adj (primary, main)
  • 교장 noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • 원금 noun (money originally invested or loaned)
  • 학교 교장 noun (chief administrator of a school)

Latin

4 entries
  • potissimus adj (primary, main)
  • dominus negōtiī noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)
  • rector scholaris noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • rēctor noun (chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college)

Latvian

4 entries
  • rektore noun (chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college)
  • rektors noun (chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college)
  • skolas pārzine noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • skolas pārzinis noun (chief administrator of a school)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kapitalas noun (money originally invested or loaned)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • главен adj (primary, main)
  • директор noun (chief administrator of a school)

Malay

1 entries
  • guru besar noun (chief administrator of a school)

Manx

4 entries
  • ard-er-ynsee noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • ard-vainshtyr noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • ard-ven-ynsee noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • ard-venainshtyr noun (chief administrator of a school)

Marathi

3 entries
  • प्राचार्य noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • प्राचार्या noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • मुख्याध्यापक noun (chief administrator of a school)

Māori

4 entries
  • aporei adj (primary, main)
  • matua adj (primary, main)
  • pekepoho adj (primary, main)
  • tino adj (primary, main)

Nepali

3 entries
  • प्रधान adj (primary, main)
  • प्रधानाध्यापक noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • साँवा noun (money originally invested or loaned)

Norman

1 entries
  • prîncipal adj (primary, main)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • prímda adj (primary, main)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • سرمایه noun (money originally invested or loaned)

Polish

4 entries
  • główny adj (primary, main)
  • podstawowy adj (primary, main)
  • dyrektor noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • dyrektorka noun (chief administrator of a school)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • principal adj (primary, main)
  • diretor noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • principal noun (money originally invested or loaned)

Romanian

3 entries
  • principal adj (primary, main)
  • director noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • rector noun (chief administrator of a school)

Russian

4 entries
  • гла́вный adj (primary, main)
  • основно́й adj (primary, main)
  • дире́ктор noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • директри́са noun (chief administrator of a school)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • glàvnī adj (primary, main)
  • гла̀внӣ adj (primary, main)
  • povèritelj noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)
  • princìpāl noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hlavný adj (primary, main)

Slovene

1 entries
  • gláven adj (primary, main)

Spanish

4 entries
  • principal adj (primary, main)
  • capital noun (money originally invested or loaned)
  • comitente noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)
  • director noun (chief administrator of a school)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mkuu adj (primary, main)

Swedish

4 entries
  • huvudsaklig adj (primary, main)
  • huvudman noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)
  • huvudman noun (legal: primary participant in a crime)
  • huvudstol noun (money originally invested or loaned)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • punong-guro noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • punungguro noun (chief administrator of a school)

Tamil

1 entries
  • முதன்மைத் தொகை noun (money originally invested or loaned)

Thai

1 entries
  • ครูใหญ่ noun (chief administrator of a school)

Turkish

2 entries
  • müdür noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • okul müdürü noun (chief administrator of a school)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • головни́й adj (primary, main)
  • основни́й adj (primary, main)
  • дире́ктор noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • дире́кторка noun (chief administrator of a school)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • chính adj (primary, main)
  • chủ yếu adj (primary, main)
  • hiệu trưởng noun (chief administrator of a school)

Welsh

4 entries
  • penadur noun (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)
  • pennaeth noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • prifathrawes noun (chief administrator of a school)
  • prifathro noun (chief administrator of a school)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פּרינציפּאַל adj (primary, main)

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

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The principal severely reproved the students whenever they made a mess in the hallway.

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The students gathered at the call of the principal.

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Mike visited Mr Ogaki, who is our principal.

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Mr Hunt is principal of our school.

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