Scrabble Dictionary
Find the definition of a word with its score in word games.
Word Games
| Scrabble US | (15 Points) | |
| Scrabble UK | (15 Points) | |
| Words With Friends | (20 Points) |
Principal
ˈprɪn(t)sɪpl
- first in order of importance; main
"the country's principal cities"
- denoting an original sum invested or lent
"the principal amount of your investment"
- the most important or senior person in an organization or group
"a design consultancy whose principal is based in San Francisco"
boss chief chief executive (officer) CEO chairman chairwoman managing director MD president director manager employer head leader ruler controller- the head of a school, college, or other educational institution
"I was appointed principal of the new school"
- the leading performer in a concert, play, ballet, or opera
"the singing style of the principals"
- the leading player in each section of an orchestra
"he had been an outstanding principal in the orchestra"
- (in certain professions) a fully qualified practitioner
"principals in general practice are self-employed and controlled by their practice agreements"
- (in the UK) a senior civil servant in charge of a particular section
- a sum of money lent or invested, on which interest is paid
"the winners are paid from the interest without even touching the principal"
- a person for whom another acts as an agent or representative
"stockbrokers in Tokyo act as agents rather than as principals"
- the person directly responsible for a crime
- each of the combatants in a duel
- a main rafter supporting purlins
- an organ stop sounding a main register of open flue pipes typically an octave above the diapason
"all the principals are on one manual"