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 attorneys would also make their filings directly to the judge, instead of through the district clerk’s office. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026 DeSantis, who appointed Caruso to the clerk’s post last August, suspended him Tuesday. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Murdaugh was convicted of the murders and sentenced to two consecutive life terms in 2023; those convictions were overturned in May of this year after a court clerk named Becky Hill was found to have improperly influenced jurors. — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Your phone number is the key to most password resets, and a stranger with your name and address can talk a store clerk into moving that number to their SIM. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clerk

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Coinbase and Its Partner Traced the Operation Coinbase and its partner DarkTower traced the operation's infrastructure to a domain registered through a Hong Kong registrar, just days before the letters began arriving in mailboxes.

— Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
She is survived by her husband, the Democratic registrar of voters in Tolland; their daughters and husbands, Stacey and Steve Papa and Meryl and Bill Baldwin; and grandchildren Kyle, Taylor, Lindsey, Max and Sydney.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026

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Trant was 19 when her father, Daniel Trant, a Cantor Fitzgerald bond salesman, died on the 104 floor of the North Tower.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Leavell, a retired salesman and Air Force veteran in Arlington, Texas, experienced the dramatic before-and-after result at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of salesman

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According to correspondence reviewed by ProPublica, the Joint Staff disagreed with the Army acting secretary, who said in a February 2025 memo that the program was redundant and recommended Congress repeal the law that set it in motion.

— Megan Rose, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
Alexander Hamilton took the oath of office as the nation’s first secretary of the treasury.

— USA Today, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of secretary

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Later in the service, the choir would sing a foot-stomping, hand-clapping rendition of a gospel song that set the tone for the preacher to follow with his gospel message.

— Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
The story begins in 1810, when Johann Wilhelm Ebel, a young cleric who had studied at the University of Königsberg, returned to the city as a teacher and preacher.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

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Ukraine's former defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for an election Tuesday despite the country's prolonged war with Russia, in what is seen as the largest challenge to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's power since the start of the conflict.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Wars cannot be fought on ideology alone – a truism that perhaps led to the firebrand former defense minister’s departure, after months of clashes and refusing to deal with the army top brass, as Zelensky describes it.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

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Such details include McCartney’s bare feet and opposite stride and the other members’ attire (Lennon’s white supposedly represents a clergyman, Starr’s black a mourner, and Harrison’s denim a gravedigger).

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 July 2026
Robin, our hero, is the son of a country clergyman.

— John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

Definition of clergyman

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