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SECRETARY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SECRETARY?

Need another word that means the same as “secretary”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “secretary” in this overview.

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Secretary as a Noun
Definitions of "Secretary" as a noun
Synonyms of "Secretary" as a noun (12 Words)
Usage Examples of "Secretary" as a noun
Associations of "Secretary" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Secretary” are: repository, escritoire, secretaire, writing table, assistant, personal assistant, pa, administrator, clerk, amanuensis, girl friday, man friday

Secretary as a Noun

Definitions of "Secretary" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “secretary” as a noun can have the following definitions:

An official in charge of a US government department.
An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization.
A person to whom a secret is entrusted.
A person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, make appointments, and carry out administrative tasks.
The principal assistant of a UK government minister or ambassador.
A desk used for writing.
A person who is head of an administrative department of government.
An official of a society or other organization who conducts its correspondence and keeps its records.

Synonyms of "Secretary" as a noun (12 Words)

administrator	A person who dispenses or administers something. Administrators of justice.
amanuensis	A literary or artistic assistant, in particular one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts.
assistant	A person who ranks below a senior person. My invaluable assistant.
clerk	A senior official in Parliament. A bank clerk.
escritoire	A desk used for writing.
girl friday	A young woman.
man friday	All of the living human inhabitants of the earth.
pa	Father. Pa is busy on the telephone.
personal assistant	A short newspaper article about a particular person or group.
repository	A place where or receptacle in which things are or may be stored. His mind was a rich repository* of the past.*
secretaire	A small writing desk; an escritoire.
writing table	The work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect.

Usage Examples of "Secretary" as a noun

Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
She was secretary to David Wilby MP.
She was secretary of the Women's Labour League.

Associations of "Secretary" (30 Words)

accountant	A person whose job is to keep, inspect, and analyse financial accounts.
accounting	A statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance. An investigation into suspected false accounting.
acolyte	A person assisting a priest in a religious service or procession. She runs the department through a small group of acolytes.
adjutant	A military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer. He eventually became adjutant* to the commander of the tactical air force.*
aide-de-camp	Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
allegiant	That owes or gives allegiance (to someone or something); loyal, faithful. It is impossible to be allegiant* to two opposing forces.*
auditor	A listener. The company is required to appoint auditors at each general meeting.
bookkeeper	A person whose job is to keep records of the financial affairs of a business. The business had grown enough to justify hiring a bookkeeper.
butler	English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902.
cashier	A person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business. Cashier the literal sense of this word.
cleaner	A device for cleaning such as a vacuum cleaner. She s one of the office cleaners.
clerk	Work as a clerk as in the legal business. A clerk* to the magistrates.*
dutiful	Conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one’s duty. Dutiful applause.
enslave	Make (someone) a slave. They were enslaved by their need to take drugs.
exchequer	The account at the Bank of England in which is held the Consolidated Fund, into which tax receipts and other public monies are paid. An important source of revenue to the sultan s exchequer.
factotum	A servant employed to do a variety of jobs. He was employed as the general factotum.
footman	A soldier in the infantry.
housekeeper	A person employed to manage a household.
lackey	A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage. He denied that he was the lackey* of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.*
maid	A female domestic. Mary eventually managed to find a job as a maid.
minion	A servile or fawning dependant. He gets oppressed minions like me to fob them off.
porter	A person employed to carry luggage and supplies. A nice pint of porter.
receptionist	A person employed in a hotel to receive guests and deal with their bookings.
servant	A person who performs duties for others, especially a person employed in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant. A government servant.
solicitor	A member of the legal profession qualified to deal with conveyancing the drawing up of wills and other legal matters A solicitor may also instruct barristers and represent clients in some courts. She had been a telephone solicitor* for a Chicago newspaper.*
steward	An official appointed to supervise arrangements or keep order at a large public event, for example a race, match, or demonstration. The event was organized and stewarded properly.
surveyor	A person who examines the condition of land and buildings professionally. Surveyors recorded the species and locations of fallen trees.
teller	Someone who tells a story. The growing use of automatic tellers.
treasurer	An officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds.
waiter	A person who waits for a time, event, or opportunity.