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)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

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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1. James Cason:

   We had a cipher code clerk go to a bar and be approached by a good looking person, when the wife of the (head of Marine detachment) went on vacation, two blondes knocked on the door and asked if he wanted company.

2. Lisa Houlette:

   I also have instructed all early voting workers, if a voter is uncomfortable that they are to cancel ballot immediately, and let them the voter cast again, and choose the machine of their choice. They can even get the clerk to act as a witness.

3. Ibn-e-Safi:

   Why is it that an ordinary clerk has to pass the examination for clerkship, a police constable has to go through training as a recruit before he could be commissioned and on the other hand vegetable-selling middlemen, good-for-nothing fuedals and imbecile merchants go sit in the Assemblies directly and start legisltating and some even become members of the cabinet

4. Michelle Lee Flores:

   In the event that a costume complaint arises, a company has a tremendous opportunity to make it better quickly … or far worse, say a white person dressed as the convenience store clerk from ‘ The Simpsons ’ and was speaking in an Indian accent all day. A fellow coworker goes to HR and says she feels uncomfortable. If that person is quickly dismissed... that employee is likely to feel even angrier and who knows what could happen.

5. Jocelyn Benson:

   We do want, if citizens do choose to vote by mail, for them to do so early, we don't want them to wait to the last minute to either request to return their ballot through the mail, and certainly as we get to within two weeks of the election, we're going to be telling every voter, to not return your ballot through the mail, it's too close to Election Day return it at a local dropbox or at your clerk's office.