Synonyms of clerks

clerks

noun

plural of clerk

1

as in registrars

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• registrars
• secretaries
• registers
• reporters
• archivists
• recorders
• scribes
• bookkeepers
• historians
• chroniclers
• transcriptionists
• documenters
• annalists

2

as in salesmen

a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store

the clerk suggested a different brand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• salesmen
• salespeople
• salesclerks
• salespeople
• shopgirls
• salesgirls
• saleswomen
• salesladies
• floorwalkers
• pitchmen
• pitchwomen

3

as in priests

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• priests
• preachers
• clericals
• clergymen
• clerics
• ministers
• deacons
• bishops
• pastors
• reverends
• ecclesiastics
• divines
• fathers
• chaplains
• prelates
• clergypersons
• missionaries
• monks
• popes
• archbishops
• priestesses
• churchmen
• dominies
• deans
• abbots
• rectors
• vicars
• deaconesses
• padres
• curés
• presbyters
• parsons
• friars
• shepherds
• confessors
• clergywomen
• evangelists
• missioners
• curates
• mendicants
• diocesans
• Holy Joes
• archpriests
• abbés
• religious
• monsignors
• revivalists
• sky pilots
• oblates
• monastics
• missionizers
• high priests
• high priestesses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laymen
• laypeople
• lay readers
• seculars
• lectors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clerks

Two clerks working at the office Thursday declined to speak on the record. — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

But the clerks all said the disturbance occurred about three hours earlier, not before the noon deadline of the qualifying period. — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026

Victims might interact with a police department, sheriff or 911 operator; a state’s attorney; clerks and judges at the county courts. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

The state’s system is administered locally by municipal clerks who know their communities and are accountable under state law. — Reid Ribble, Time, 8 July 2026

Republicans have said the change was not personal and supporters have noted that the offices of criminal and civil clerks of courts are combined in other parishes. — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Police raided two vape shops in Norwalk this week and arrested the clerks at each one after allegedly finding that the shops were illegally selling marijuana products. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026

Colorado's county clerks want voters to know that elections are administered by dedicated public servants who work every day to ensure ballots are handled securely, accurately, and transparently. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Law schools often push students to work for the federal courts, in prestigious jobs as interns or clerks. — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 19 June 2026