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. Donald Trump:

   The states should have been building their stockpile. We have almost 10,000 in our stockpile and we've been building it, we've been supplying it. But the states should be building. We're a backup. We're not an ordering clerk.

2. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham:

   We made accommodations to the detainees at Gitmo -- I've been to Gitmo, and I've seen the accommodations that we made to the Muslim detainees who killed Americans, you're telling me that you cannot make an accommodation for an elected Democrat county clerk from Rowan County, Kentucky?

3. Daniel Bibb:

   Imagine you’re a clerk in a bodega and are the victim of a knife point robbery, not only could the guy not go to jail, he could get charged with a misdemeanor, that is the definition of insanity.

4. Joan Illuzzi-Orbon:

   You become a file clerk rather than a trial lawyer.

5. 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.