CLERKS Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

clerks

noun

plural of clerk

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

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as in salesmen

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

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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

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Recent Examples of clerks Some voters reported navigators and election clerks even sent them to the wrong locations. —

Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026 A number of public officials — Griswold, Rubinstein, Attorney General Phil Weiser and a coalition of county clerks — have repeatedly urged the governor not to reduce Peters’ sentence, and similar efforts have been made behind the scenes. —

Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026 According to the notice, the store’s team includes three bakery staffers, three meat and seafood experts, four pharmacy professionals and around three dozen clerks. —

Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026 Officials with Service Employees International Union 1021, who represents the clerks, said court services would resume as normal Monday morning. —

Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026 During the probe, investigators discovered clerks working for several tag agencies illegally accessed drivers’ personal and confidential information from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said. —

David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026 If that’s the case, courthouse clerks can often help find and upload records. —

Amber Gaudet updated February 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026 The five other people charged with felonies were identified as security guards, clerks and other workers who told police they were paid to watch over the businesses, according to the complaints. —

John Wayne Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2026 Platt along with his department heads, city planners and office clerks worked alongside the snow removal pros in the public works department with an aggressive attack that’s common in many northern cities, but which was unheard of in Kansas City a few years ago. —

Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025

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And in ordinary academic buildings and offices tucked up in the corners of the athletic department, university registrars and academic advisors were setting their hair on fire, trying to figure out how to approve transcripts and shoehorn new students into classes that were already full.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.

— Time, Time, 12 Sep. 2025