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
• salespersons
• salespeople
• shopgirls
• salesgirls
• saleswomen
• salesladies
• floorwalkers
• pitchwomen
• pitchmen

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
• chaplains
• fathers
• 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
• monsignori
• sky pilots
• oblates
• monastics
• missionizers
• high priests
• high priestesses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laymen
• laypeople
• secular
• seculars
• laypersons
• lectors
• lay readers

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of clerks

Assistant clerks Patricia Guciardo, 73, and Emily McClintock, 42, are each charged with one count of falsifying election returns or records, a maximum 5-year felony, one count of voting absentee and in person, and one count of offering to vote more than once. —Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024

Volunteer poll workers informed the three assistant clerks and were instructed to override the system and issue in-person ballots, Nessel said. —Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024

The union represents more than half the county workforce, including nurses, social workers, librarians, clerks and a range of other county employees. —Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024