Synonyms for clerk
klɜrk; Brit. klɑrkclerk

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1. clerknoun

   an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

   Synonyms:
   shop clerk, salesclerk, shop assistant

2. salesclerk, shop clerk, clerk, shop assistantverb

   a salesperson in a store

   Synonyms:
   shop clerk, salesclerk, shop assistant

3. clerkverb

   work as a clerk, as in the legal business

Matched Categories

1. • Employee
   • Work

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clerknoun

   Synonyms:
   recorder, registrar, scribe, penman, accountant

2. clerknoun

   Synonyms:
   assistant (in a place of business)

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1. clerknoun

   Synonyms:
   salesman, saleslady, accountant, recorder, registrar, prothonotary, amanuensis, bookkeeper

   Associated words:
   clerical, clerkship

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1. List of paraphrases for "clerk":

   registrar, clerks, committed, secretary, clerical, employee, secretaries, writer

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How to use clerk in a sentence?

1. Jocelyn Benson:

   The presence of firearms at the polling place, clerk's office( s), or absent voter counting board may cause disruption, fear, or intimidation for voters, election workers, and others present.

2. Michael Kearns:

   I am now going to have to accept a report card from a foreign country and ... a foreign passport as authenticated documents.I myself as the clerk am going to have to do that, we used to have to rely on a third party, the fed government, to do that so they have diminished a New York drivers license, and we are very concerned for our safety and security because western New York is a border to Canada.

3. J. C. Penny:

   Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk.

4. Bertolt Brecht:

   It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.

5. Donna Pollard:

   The clerk didn’t even look up at me from her computer. She only asked: ‘Which one’s the minor?’ She didn’t assess if I was safe or needed something. He was 30 years old at the time, but nobody questioned the fact that he was so much older.