What is another word for secretary?
Synonyms for secretary
ˈsɛk rɪˌtɛr isec·re·ta·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
secretarynoun
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
Synonyms:
writing table, secretarial assistant, secretaire, escritoire, repositorysecretary, secretarial assistantnoun
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
Synonyms:
writing table, secretarial assistant, secretaire, escritoire, repositoryrepository, secretarynoun
a person to whom a secret is entrusted
Synonyms:
secretarial assistant, monument, depository, depositary, writing table, deposit, repository, secretaire, escritoiresecretary, writing table, escritoire, secretairenoun
a desk used for writing
Synonyms:
writing table, secretarial assistant, secretaire, escritoire, repository
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
secretarynoun
Synonyms:
amanuensis, clerk, writer, scribe, writing-desk, escritoire, scrutoireAssociated words:
secretarial, secretariat, portfolio
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "secretary":
registrar, minister, secretary-, secrétaire, division, clerk, secretaries, amin, secretary-general, secretaria, al-amin, secretario, secretariat, po-wing, secretarial, amien, under-secretary
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1147 | division | |
#1787 | secretary | |
#1870 | minister | |
#3816 | deposit | |
#5436 | clerk | |
#6759 | repository | |
#7177 | registrar | |
#9380 | secretariat | |
#10733 | monument | |
#12606 | secretaries | |
#17060 | secretarial | |
#20092 | depository | |
#29764 | amin | |
#43789 | depositary | |
#113922 | secretaria | |
#185012 | secretario | |
#192200 | amien | |
#209197 | secretaire |
How to use secretary in a sentence?
It is crucially important as it shows how well founded concerns over the Chequers conclusions are, if the Brexit Secretary could not support them they cannot genuinely be delivering Brexit.
It isn't a question of are they are professional enough... the question is, they should be paid, and as the secretary of any agency,( Nielsen) should be advocating for Kirstjen Nielsen employees to be paid instead of saying it's OK for them to work without pay.
Congress has a vital oversight role to play with the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. To get to the bottom of what went wrong and prevent a similar tragedy from happening again, we must have administration officials testify, including Secretary Austin who has refused to come before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The debacle in Afghanistan is an interagency failure, and we must hear from all relevant officials in order to hold the right people accountable.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov:
Various dates have been named, but the final decision will be taken by the secretary-general of the United Nations on the advice and recommendations of his special envoy, Staffan de Mistura.
If President Miguel Diaz-Canel is given the post of party secretary, it would strengthen his ability to take decisions and it might augur well for more expansive reforms, if, however, someone else is appointed, especially from the ‘old guard’, it would possibly indicate... continuing economic stagnation.
Translations for secretary
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- وزير, سكرتيرة, سكرتيرArabic
- секрета́рка, секрета́рBulgarian
- йозанчаChechen
- ministr, sekretářka, tajemník, sekretářCzech
- ysgrifenyddes, ysgrifenyddWelsh
- Sekretär, Sekretärin, Schreibsekretär, MinisterGerman
- γραμματέας, υπουργόςGreek
- sekretarioEsperanto
- serpentario, secretaria, secretario, escribaníaSpanish
- idazkariBasque
- سکرترPersian
- kirjoituspöytä, ministeri, sihteeriFinnish
- secrétaire, messager serpentaireFrench
- rúnaíIrish
- rùnaire, clèireachScottish Gaelic
- screeudeyrManx
- מזכירHebrew
- titkárnő, szekreter, kígyászkeselyű, miniszter, államtitkár, titkár, főtitkárHungarian
- գրասեղան, քարտուղար, քարտուղարուհիArmenian
- bureau, secretariaInterlingua
- sekretarioIdo
- segretario, scrittoioItalian
- 長官, 大臣, 秘書Japanese
- მდივანიGeorgian
- ស្មៀនKhmer
- 秘書, 비서Korean
- سکرتێرKurdish
- sēcrētārius, scribaLatin
- ເລຂານຸການLao
- setiausaha, sekretarisMalay
- secretaresseDutch
- naaltsoos ííłʼíníNavajo, Navaho
- sekretarz, sekretarkaPolish
- secretária, secretário, escrivaninhaPortuguese
- pasăre secretar, secretar, secretarăRomanian
- секрета́рь, пти́ца-секрета́рь, мини́стр, секрете́р, секрета́ршаRussian
- tȃjnīk, tȃjnicaSerbo-Croatian
- sekreterareSwedish
- karani, makaraniSwahili
- செயலாளர்Tamil
- కార్యదర్శి, సహాయకుడుTelugu
- เลขานุการThai
- sekretaryaTagalog
- sekreterTurkish
- thư kýVietnamese
- sekretanVolapük
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