Distinguished
Distinguished adjective - Having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner.
Principal and distinguished are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Principal" instead an adjective "Distinguished".
Nearby Words: distinguishing, distinguishable
Principal
Principal adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: our principal reason for coming here today
Distinguished and principal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distinguished" instead an adjective "Principal".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- high and distinguished
- high and principal
- prominent and distinguished
- prominent and principal
- great and distinguished
- great and principal
- superior and distinguished
- superior and principal
- important and distinguished
- important and principal
- grand and distinguished
- grand and principal
- outstanding and distinguished
- outstanding and principal
Both words in one sentence
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This tangled web is not at all helped by the fact that all the principal players shared only about four names and have to be distinguished by Roman numeral.
Source: Tangled Family Tree
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