| Main Entry: | principal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most important |
Synonyms: |
arch, capital, cardinal, champion, chief, controlling, crowning, dominant, essential, first, foremost, greatest, head, highest, incomparable, key, leading, main, mainline, major, matchless, maximum, outstanding, paramount, peerless, predominant, preeminent, premier, prevailing, primary, prime, prominent, second-to-none, sovereign, star, stellar, strongest, supereminent, superior, supreme, transcendent, unapproachable, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled |
| Notes: | principle means fundamental, as in beliefs or truths or understandings and it is always a noun; principal can be a noun or adjective meaning chief or of first importance |
Antonyms: |
auxiliary, extra, least, lesser, minor, secondary, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | principal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge of organization, often an educational one |
Synonyms: |
administrator, boss, chief, dean, director, exec, head, key player, lead, leader, preceptor, protagonist, rector, ruler, star, superintendent |
| Main Entry: | principal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | original amount of property either owned or owed |
Synonyms: |
assets, capital, capital funds, money |
Antonyms: |
interest |
| Main Entry: | agent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person representing an organization or person in business |
Synonyms: |
abettor, actor, advocate, ambassador, assignee, assistant, attorney, broker, commissioner, delegate, deputy, doer, emissary, envoy, executor, factor, factotum, functionary, go-between, handler, intermediary, lawyer, mediary, middleperson, minister, mover, negotiator, officer, operative, operator, principal, proctor, promoter, proxy, representative, salesperson, servant, steward, substitute, surrogate, ten percenter, worker |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fundamental part |
Synonyms: |
authority, backbone, basis, chief constituent, core, essence, essential, evidence, foundation, fundamental, groundwork, heart, important part, infrastructure, key, origin, primary element, principal, principle, root, source, underpinning |
| Main Entry: | basic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elementary, fundamental |
Synonyms: |
basal, capital, central, chief, elemental, essential, indispensable, inherent, intrinsic, key, main, necessary, primary, primitive, principal, radical, substratal, underlying, vital |
Antonyms: |
additional, extra, inessential, nonessential, outside, peripheral, secondary |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most excellent |
Synonyms: |
10, A-1, ace, bad*, beyond compare, boss*, capital, champion, chief, choicest, cool*, culminating, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, foremost, greatest, highest, incomparable, inimitable, leading, matchless, nonpareil, number 1, optimum, out-of-sight, outstanding, paramount, peerless, perfect, preeminent, premium, prime, primo, principal, sans pareil, second to none, super, superlative, supreme, terrific, tops, tough, transcendent, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed |
Antonyms: |
worst |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
Synonyms: |
big league, big-time, consequential, considerable, eminent, heavy-duty, heavyweight, influential, leading, main, major league, material, meaningful, momentous, paramount, popular, powerful, prime, principal, prominent, serious, significant, substantial, super, super colossal, valuable, weighty |
Antonyms: |
blah, bland, dull, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | capital |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, essential |
Synonyms: |
basic, cardinal, central, chief, controlling, dominant, first, foremost, fundamental, important, leading, major, number one, outstanding, overruling, paramount, predominant, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, underlying, vital |
| Notes: | the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government |
Antonyms: |
extra, minor, nonessential, secondary, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | capital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial assets |
Synonyms: |
CD, IRA, business, cash, estate, finances, financing, fortune, funds, gold, interests, investment, kitty, means, money, nest egg, principal, property, resources, savings, stake, stock, substance, treasure, ways and means, wealth, wherewithal |