principal
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
Types & categories
- debt hypernym
Parts & wholes
- loan part holonym
Sense 2 noun
the educator who has executive authority for a school
she sent unruly pupils to see the principal
Types & categories
- educator hypernym
- chancellor hyponym
- schoolmaster hyponym
- headmistress hyponym
Related & opposite
- headship derivation
- headship derivation
- principalship derivation
Sense 3 noun
an actor who plays a principal role
Types & categories
- actor hypernym
- co-star hyponym
- film star hyponym
- matinee idol hyponym
- television star hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
Types & categories
- capital hypernym
Sense 5 noun
(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- criminal law domain topic
Sense 6 noun
the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
Types & categories
- financier hypernym
- broker-dealer hyponym
Related & opposite
- sell derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | loan |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | debt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | headship |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | headship |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | principalship |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | educator |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chancellor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | schoolmaster |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | headmistress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | star |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | star |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | actor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | co-star |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | film star |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | matinee idol |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | television star |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | capital |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | criminal law |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | wrongdoer |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | crook |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sell |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | financier |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | broker-dealer |