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PRINCIPAL Antonyms

There are 8 antonyms of the word principal. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For PRINCIPAL

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auxiliary
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• someone who acts as assistant

adjective satellite

• functioning in a supporting capacity

• furnishing added support

incidental
adjectiveadj
adjective

• (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence

noun

• (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified

• an item that is incidental

adjective satellite

• not of prime or central importance

• occurring with or following as a consequence

lesser
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• of less size or importance

adjective satellite

• smaller in size or amount or value

minor
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• of lesser importance or stature or rank

• lesser in scope or effect

• inferior in number or size or amount

• (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees

• not of legal age

• of lesser seriousness or danger

• of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

noun

• a young person of either sex

adjective satellite

• of the younger of two boys with the same family name

• warranting only temporal punishment

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

verb

• have as one's secondary field of study

secondary
adjectiveadj
adjective

• being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

noun

• the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

• coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

adjective satellite

• inferior in rank or status

• depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

• not of major importance

• belonging to a lower class or rank

subordinate
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• lower in rank or importance

• subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

• (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

noun

• an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

• a word that is more specific than a given word

verb

• rank or order as less important or consider of less value

• make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

subsidiary
nounn
noun

• an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

• a company that is completely controlled by another company

adjective satellite

• functioning in a supporting capacity

supplementary
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• functioning in a supporting capacity

• added to complete or make up a deficiency

Alternatives for AUXILIARY

Alternatives for INCIDENTAL

Alternatives for LESSER

Alternatives for MINOR

Alternatives for SECONDARY

Alternatives for SUBORDINATE

Alternatives for SUBSIDIARY

Alternatives for SUPPLEMENTARY

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