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

Each morning, before much of Broward County is awake, prosecutors, defense attorneys, deputies, clerks and court staff carry the weight of this process together. — Corey B. Friedman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026

Criminal charges against Smith had not yet been filed in Calaveras Superior Court, clerks there said Wednesday afternoon. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026

The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 4-2 on July 9 to distribute guidance to clerks saying absentee voters cannot change their ballot after it has been returned. — Scott Bauer, Twin Cities, 29 July 2026

The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission had voted on July 9 to distribute guidance to clerks saying absentee voters cannot change their ballot after it has been returned. — Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

The lawsuit asks a judge to order the Wisconsin Elections Commission not to distribute its guidance to the roughly 2,000 clerks who run elections at the local level that says voters can't request a new ballot. — ABC News, 23 July 2026

The new law eliminated the Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court’s position by consolidating the Orleans Parish civil and criminal court clerks into one position. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026

The most devoted patrons had lucky chairs, lucky mutuel clerks, and lucky televisions. — Rebecca Egan McCarthy, New Yorker, 21 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