Synonyms for secretary
ˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr isec·re·ta·ry

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1. secretarynoun

   a person who is head of an administrative department of government

   Synonyms:
   writing table, secretarial assistant, secretaire, escritoire, repository

2. secretary, secretarial assistantnoun

   an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

   Synonyms:
   writing table, secretarial assistant, secretaire, escritoire, repository

3. repository, secretarynoun

   a person to whom a secret is entrusted

   Synonyms:
   secretarial assistant, monument, depository, depositary, writing table, deposit, repository, secretaire, escritoire

4. secretary, writing table, escritoire, secretairenoun

   a desk used for writing

   Synonyms:
   writing table, secretarial assistant, secretaire, escritoire, repository

Matched Categories

1. • Confidant
   • Desk
   • Head

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. secretarynoun

   Synonyms:
   scribe, clerk

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. secretarynoun

   Synonyms:
   amanuensis, clerk, writer, scribe, writing-desk, escritoire, scrutoire

   Associated words:
   secretarial, secretariat, portfolio

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1. List of paraphrases for "secretary":

   registrar, minister, secretary-, secrétaire, division, clerk, secretaries, amin, secretary-general, secretaria, al-amin, secretario, secretariat, po-wing, secretarial, amien, under-secretary

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1. Pete Sessions:

   In his Press Secretary’s words, the Biden administration would, ‘share information even when it is hard to hear,' they have failed to live up to their own standards.

2. Adam Wagner:

   The bill would prevent a large group of extremely vulnerable refugees from relying on human rights protections, by leaving it up to the Home Secretary to decide who should be protected and who should be deported – and excluding the courts almost entirely, for example, victims of modern slavery will not be able to use laws designed to protect them. This attacks the core idea of human rights that everyone is protected, and that states must, under the ECHR, give people access to an effective remedy.

3. Nick Merrill:

   Secretary Clinton gave a voluntary interview this morning about her email arrangements while she was Secretary.

4. Adam Kinzinger:

   I think there's a lot of people that bear blame and the secretary of state is one of these, and I think it would be nice — and keep in mind, even under the prior president I would say this exact thing — for some people to just take responsibility. That's what the American people want, is somebody to stand up and say, 'Look, this is on me,'Kinzinger said in an interview on Face the Nation, referencing Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

5. Trey Gowdy:

   But frankly, if you ask me, the eye witnesses on the ground that night in Benghazi are more important to me as a former prosecutor than the former secretary of state.