Synonyms of secretaries

secretaries

noun

plural of secretary

as in clerks

an official whose job is to keep records

file your intent to run for office with the city secretary

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of secretaries

The secretaries of State and Homeland Security, acting together, could bring home every family member of an American service member and everyone else waiting only to be reunited with relatives already here. — Shawn Vandiver, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

The support staff union, the Penn Hills Education Support Professionals, represents a range of staff from teachers' aides to secretaries and nurses and authorized a strike last month. — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

After working in the insurance business, where the only other women were predominantly secretaries, being outnumbered by men was nothing new for Granger. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026

The secretaries demanded detailed descriptions of the methodology DHS used as well as transparency about what state voter lists DHS analyzed. — Miles Parks, NPR, 31 July 2026

That’s why the bipartisan letter from eight previous Department of Transportation secretaries to Sens. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

If the bill passes, the state would add four deputy attorneys general, a legal analyst and three legal secretaries to do that work, according to a legislative analyst’s report. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Like other independent agencies, the EAC is designed to operate outside the direct control of the President or his Cabinet secretaries and maintain a degree of autonomy from the executive branch. — Connor Greene, Time, 10 July 2026

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Public Lands Council, two main trade groups, publicly celebrated their meetings with the secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture departments in the spring. — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 7 July 2026