CLERK Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

clerk

noun

ˈklərk

Definition of clerk

as in registrar

an official whose job is to keep records you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk

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as in salesman

a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store the clerk suggested a different brand

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as in priest

a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants

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Recent Examples of clerk The renewal would pay for upkeep of the county’s Integrated Property Tax System for the next few years, plus any enhancements the county clerk, assessor and treasurer’s offices use. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 After graduating from Yale, Conrad joined the State Department as a code clerk and then got posted to Spain as a vice-consul, in late 1943. — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 ProPublica didn’t find any association between RTO and higher rates of late ballots in Wisconsin, even though clerks reported delays involving mail-in ballots cast in its state election, held this spring. — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026 The clerk's office will also have an information table at the United Club to help with voter registration and provide information about early voting, voting by mail and other ways to cast a ballot in the 2026 midterm election. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clerk

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Noun

Robert Jones, a strategist for the Valadao campaign, told The Times on Tuesday that the campaign had been in close communication with the registrar’s office and was not overly concerned.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
The voter generally has six calendar days after election day to present acceptable identification to the county voter registrar or complete another applicable statutory procedure for the ballot to be counted.

— S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of registrar

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In an email sent to priests of the archdiocese on Saturday afternoon and shared with NPR, Archbishop Ronald Hicks also said the deal had not yet been signed but that an agreement had been reached with plaintiffs and their attorneys.

— Chandelis Duster, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
The Georgetown initiative focuses on descendants of slaves sold by Georgetown's Jesuit priests to slaveholders in Louisiana.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of priest

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The board includes a representative from the team, the commerce secretary, appointees of the governor and legislative leaders and local representatives from Kansas City, Kansas, and Olathe.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
The equipment truck had left spring training in Tempe, Arizona, and was in Salt Lake City, unsure where to go, when Selig called traveling secretary Tommy Ferguson, who had held the same job with the Braves.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of secretary

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The preacher was arrested in 2023 after police received a tip-off, and weeks later authorities began uncovering bodies in shallow graves in the Shakahola Forest near the coast in southeastern Kenya.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
In the background of a gut-wrenching new album from Teller Bank$, there’s a preacher who sees himself in the biblical parable of Noah’s ark.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of preacher

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Their representatives spoke after meeting with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu earlier Monday, before the ministers’ news conference.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
He was reelected four years later and was succeeded by one of his cabinet ministers, Dilma Rousseff, in 2010.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of minister

Noun

Without the charismatic clergyman, what kind of unruly Black-underclass anger would take the stage?

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
When Yakovlev mentioned the clergyman who attended the death-bed, Adelaide expressed surprise that John had asked to see a pastor.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of clergyman

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