Synonyms of principally

principally

adverb

as in chiefly

for the most part

the tourists were principally concerned with the quantity of the food, and only secondarily with the quality

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chiefly
• mainly
• primarily
• mostly
• largely
• predominantly
• generally
• basically
• substantially
• partly
• normally
• usually
• typically
• in general
• commonly
• most
• on the whole
• partially
• altogether
• practically
• by and large
• overall
• broadly
• virtually
• nearly
• frequently
• approximately
• ordinarily
• somewhat
• roughly
• rather
• more or less
• some
• much
• next to
• about
• well-nigh
• plus or minus
• nigh
• near
• incompletely

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• entirely
• wholly
• fully
• completely
• perfectly
• totally
• thoroughly
• just
• scarcely
• hardly
• barely
• absolutely
• minimally
• marginally
• categorically
• unqualifiedly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of principally

Arsenal and Galatasaray have been in dialogue over several players, principally Martinelli — but there are no active negotiations over a potential transfer for Osimhen. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Trade along the route remains tiny compared with major throughways like the Suez Canal and is dominated by Russian oil and gas, which – along with a few other LNG buyers in Asia – principally flow to China. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Some Hoodoo practitioners have begun calling themselves witches, reflecting the increasingly positive reassessment of that term, which historically referred principally to practitioners of occult harming practices. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Those difficulties are especially acute across Chocó, one of Colombia’s poorest departments, where many small and dispersed communities are connected principally by rivers and waterways rather than roads. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

But the Guard is principally built and trained to fight wars abroad. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Medicaid Fraud Control Units were principally responsible for investigating providers, while also prosecuting the abuse and neglect of patients whose care was billed to Medicaid. — Ben Zdencanovic, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

Opposition is growing in the soccer world to a plan by the sport’s governing body, FIFA, to spin off its events, principally the World Cup, as a separate commercial entity and invite investors to take a stake in it. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 July 2026

The cast is principally composed of UC Irvine students, past and present, with a few guest artists in the mix. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026