Grep  of  noun  principal 
  principal 
  principal  axis 
  principal  diagonal 
  principal  investigator 
  principal  sum 
  principality 
  principality  of  andorra 
  principality  of  liechtenstein 
  principality  of  monaco 
  principalship 
  school  principal 
 
  Overview  of  noun  principal 
 
  The  noun  principal  has  5  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  principal  --  (the  original  amount  of  a  debt  on  which  interest  is  calculated) 
  2.  (2)  principal,  school  principal,  head  teacher,  head  --  (the  educator  who  has  executive  authority  for  a  school;  "she  sent  unruly  pupils  to  see  the  principal") 
  3.  (1)  star,  principal,  lead  --  (an  actor  who  plays  a  principal  role) 
  4.  principal,  corpus,  principal  sum  --  (capital  as  contrasted  with  the  income  derived  from  it) 
  5.  principal,  dealer  --  (the  major  party  to  a  financial  transaction;  buys  and  sells  for  his  own  account) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  principal 
 
  The  adj  principal  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (19)  chief,  main,  primary,  principal  --  (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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  principal 
 
  1  sense  of  principal 
 
  Sense  1 
  chief(postnominal),  main(postnominal),  primary(postnominal),  principal(postnominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  important)  ->  unimportant 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  principal 
 
  1  sense  of  principal 
 
  Sense  1 
  chief(postnominal),  main(postnominal),  primary(postnominal),  principal(postnominal) 
  =>  important  (vs.  unimportant),  of  import 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  principal 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  principal 
 
  principal  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  principal 
  principal 
 
  Overview  of  noun  principal 
 
  The  noun  principal  has  5  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  principal  --  (the  original  amount  of  a  debt  on  which  interest  is  calculated) 
  2.  (2)  principal,  school  principal,  head  teacher,  head  --  (the  educator  who  has  executive  authority  for  a  school;  "she  sent  unruly  pupils  to  see  the  principal") 
  3.  (1)  star,  principal,  lead  --  (an  actor  who  plays  a  principal  role) 
  4.  principal,  corpus,  principal  sum  --  (capital  as  contrasted  with  the  income  derived  from  it) 
  5.  principal,  dealer  --  (the  major  party  to  a  financial  transaction;  buys  and  sells  for  his  own  account) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  principal 
 
  The  adj  principal  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (19)  chief,  main,  primary,  principal  --  (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") 

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