Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A person who is the leader or head, especially in a school, or the most important factor in a situation.
Principal
/ˈprɪnsəpəl/Synonyms:
Antonyms:
This word has no antonymsExamples:
"Exactitude is the principal qualification required in an intendant of finances."
I am not the principal here.
Isn't Quilp," she says, "our principal support?"
Etymology:
The word principal comes from the Old French word principal, which means first in importance, and from the Latin principalis, derived from princeps, meaning first or chief.
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