People and roles

Synonyms for principal

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsPeople and roles

the educator who has executive authority for a school

She sent unruly pupils to see the principal.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

head

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

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for principal as it is used in the sentence above.

dealer
corpus
instructor

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

ladynounmadama woman of refinementFoothillsHas a reason line powernounelectricityenergy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductorFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line regularadjectiveevenoccurring at fixed intervalsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line companynouncallera social or business visitorTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line competitionnounrivalthe contestant you hope to defeatTreelineHas a reason line custodialadjectivetutelaryproviding protective supervisionSummit buynounstealan advantageous purchaseFoothills campverbtentlive in or as if in a tentFoothills

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