principled

prin·ci·pled

adjective \-s(ə-)pəld, -sə-bəld\

Definition of PRINCIPLED

: exhibiting, based on, or characterized by principle —often used in combination

Examples of PRINCIPLED

1. She took a principled stand on funding public education.
2. <a high-principled art expert who always told clients what he honestly thought their items were worth>

First Known Use of PRINCIPLED

1642

Related to PRINCIPLED

Synonyms

decent, ethical, honest, just, noble, honorable, respectable, righteous, stand-up, upright, upstanding

Antonyms

base, dishonest, dishonorable, ignoble, low, unethical, unjust, unprincipled, unrighteous, unworthy

Related Words

blameless, guiltless, irreproachable, unassailable, unimpeachable; chivalrous, classy, high-minded, menschy, right-minded; conscientious, fair, good, incorruptible, moral, reputable, respected, scrupulous, uncorrupted, virtuous; decorous, nice, polite, proper, seemly

Near Antonyms

bad, blackguardly, corrupt, criminal, crooked, evil, immoral, iniquitous, knavish, mean, nefarious, rascally, reprehensible, roguish, rotten, scoundrelly, sinful; unfair, unscrupulous, vile, villainous, wicked, wretched; blamable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable; debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, disgraceful, disreputable, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, profligate, reprobate, shameful, venal