People and roles

Synonyms for principal

The synonym for principal recorded in this bank is head, in the sense "the educator who has executive authority for a school". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for principal

headnoun, in the sense "the educator who has executive authority for a school"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and principal carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsPeople and roles

the educator who has executive authority for a school

She sent unruly pupils to see the principal.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

head

Same sentence, swapped: She sent unruly pupils to see the head.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

dealer
corpus
instructor

Where principal turns up in the game

principal is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where principal is the trap

meansnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is substance, in the sense "considerable capital (wealth or income)", and principal is one of the three tiles that lose.
championadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is prizewinning, in the sense "holding first place in a contest", so principal is there to be ruled out.

Play principal

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so principal reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

Get Synonym Stack free Already installed? Open Synonym Stack

Free with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.

Compiled by Fable, Editor, Synonym Stack

This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

Read nextThe whole library →

Closest first: other people and roles words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

mentorverbguideto advise or train a less experienced personFoothillsHas a reason line mimicverbimitateto imitate someone's actions, speech, or manner.FoothillsHas a reason line novicenounbeginnera person new to and inexperienced in a particular activityFoothillsHas a reason line optimisticadjectivehopefulexpecting the best possible outcome.FoothillsHas a reason line supernaturalnounoccultsupernatural forces and events and beings collectivelyRidgelineHas a reason line sweetadjectiveangelichaving a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherubRidgelineHas a reason line swimmernounbathera person who travels through the water by swimmingHigh Camp rateverb, nounvalueestimate the value ofFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. principal carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

Get Synonym Stack freeFree with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.