The records of our discussions are kept by the secretary.
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Secretary
//ˈsɛk.(ɹ)əˌtɛɹ.i//
Synonyms for "secretary" (99 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (49)
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More general
10 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
derived
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
has a
1 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
5 entriesnot desires
1 entriesreceives action
2 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
used for
8 entriesTranslations
269 translations across 89 languages.
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐕁𐔼𐕗𐔿𐔰𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Albanian
2 entries- sekretar noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretare noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γραμματεύς noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Arabic
4 entries- سِكْرِتِير noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- سِكْرِتِيرَة noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- كَاتِب noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- كَاتِبَة noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Armenian
4 entries- գրասեղան noun (type of desk)
- քարտուղար noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- քարտուղար noun (head of a department of government)
- քարտուղարուհի noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- katib noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- katibə noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- münşi noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Bashkir
1 entries- сәркәтип noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Basque
1 entries- idazkari noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Belarusian
2 entries- сакрата́р noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- сакрата́рка noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Bengali
1 entries- সম্পাদক noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мини́стър noun (head of a department of government)
- мини́стърка noun (head of a department of government)
- писа́лище noun (type of desk)
- секрета́р noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Burmese
3 entries- စက္ကရီတေရီ noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- စာချီ noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- အတွင်းရေးမှူး noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- سِکرِتێر noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- سِکرِتێر noun (head of a department of government)
Chechen
1 entries- йозанча noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Chinese
1 entries- 秘書 /秘书 noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 書記 /书记 noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- 秘書 /秘书 noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 大臣 noun (head of a department of government)
- 局長 /局长 noun (head of a department of government)
- 書記 /书记 noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- 書記 /书记 noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
Cornish
2 entries- skrifennyas noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- skrifenyades noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Czech
4 entries- ministr noun (head of a department of government)
- sekretář noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretářka noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- tajemník noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
Danish
4 entries- minister noun (head of a department of government)
- sekretær noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretær noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
- sekretær noun (type of desk)
Dutch
2 entries- secretaresse noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- secretaris noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Esperanto
2 entries- sekretario noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretario noun (head of a department of government)
Estonian
3 entries- asjaajaja noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- kirjatoimetaja noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretär noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Finnish
4 entries- kirjoituspöytä noun (type of desk)
- kirjuri noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- ministeri noun (head of a department of government)
- sekretääri noun (type of desk)
French
4 entries- messager serpentaire noun (sagittarius serpentarius)
- secrétaire noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- secrétaire noun (head of a department of government)
- secrétaire noun (type of desk)
Galician
4 entries- ministro noun (head of a department of government)
- secretaria noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- secretario noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- secretario noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
Georgian
3 entries- მდივანი noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- მდივანი noun (head of a department of government)
- მინისტრი noun (head of a department of government)
German
4 entries- Schreibsekretär noun (type of desk)
- Sekretär noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- Sekretär noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
- Sekretär noun (type of desk)
Greek
3 entries- γραμματέας noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- γραμματέας noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
- υπουργός noun (head of a department of government)
Hebrew
2 entries- מַזְכִּיר noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- מַזְכִּירָה noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Hindi
4 entries- मुंशी noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- सचिव noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- सचिव noun (head of a department of government)
- सचिव noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
Hungarian
4 entries- adminisztrátor noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- főtitkár noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
- kígyászkeselyű noun (sagittarius serpentarius)
- miniszter noun (head of a department of government)
Icelandic
1 entries- ritari noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Ido
1 entries- sekretario noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Indonesian
4 entries- katib noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- menteri noun (head of a department of government)
- sekretaris noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretaris noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
Interlingua
3 entries- bureau noun (type of desk)
- secretaria noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- secretaria noun (head of a department of government)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- سِکْرِتِر noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- مُنْشی noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- کاتِب noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Irish
4 entries- rúnaí noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- rúnaí noun (head of a department of government)
- rúnaí noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
- rúnaí noun (sagittarius serpentarius)
Italian
4 entries- ministro noun (head of a department of government)
- scrittoio noun (type of desk)
- segretaria noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- segretario noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Japanese
4 entries- 大臣 noun (head of a department of government)
- 書記 noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- 秘書 noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- 長官 noun (head of a department of government)
Kazakh
1 entries- хатшы noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- chāmshāh noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Khmer
1 entries- ស្មៀន noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Korean
4 entries- 대신 noun (head of a department of government)
- 비서 noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- 서기 noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- 장관 noun (head of a department of government)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- катчы noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- секретарь noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Lao
1 entries- ເລຂານຸການ noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Latin
4 entries- librariolus noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- librarius noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- scrība noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sēcrētārius noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Latvian
2 entries- sekretāre noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretārs noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Lithuanian
2 entries- sekretorius noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretorė noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Macedonian
2 entries- секрета́р noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- секрета́рка noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Malay
4 entries- katib noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretaris noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretaris noun (head of a department of government)
- sekretaris noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
Manx
4 entries- screeudeyr noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- screeudeyr noun (head of a department of government)
- screeudeyr noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
- screeudeyr noun (sagittarius serpentarius)
Mongolian
2 entries- бичээч noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠴᠢ noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Navajo
1 entries- naaltsoos ííłʼíní noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- katib noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekreter noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekreter noun (head of a department of government)
- sekreter noun (type of desk)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sekretær noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sekretær noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تذكرهجی noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Pashto
4 entries- سکرتر noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- سکرټر noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- منشي noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- کاتب noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Polish
2 entries- sekretarka noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretarz noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Portuguese
4 entries- (portugal) secretária noun (type of desk)
- escrivaninha noun (type of desk)
- secretária noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- secretária noun (head of a department of government)
Romanian
4 entries- pasăre secretar noun (sagittarius serpentarius)
- secretar noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- secretar noun (head of a department of government)
- secretar noun (type of desk)
Russian
4 entries- мини́стр noun (head of a department of government)
- пти́ца-секрета́рь noun (sagittarius serpentarius)
- секрета́рша noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- секрета́рь noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- clèireach noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- rùnaire noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- rùnaire noun (head of a department of government)
- rùnaire noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sekretàrica noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekrètār noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- tȃjnica noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- tȃjnica noun (head of a department of government)
Slovak
2 entries- sekretár noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretárka noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Slovene
4 entries- sekretar noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretarka noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- tajnica noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- tajnik noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Southern Altai
1 entries- качы noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Spanish
4 entries- escribanía noun (type of desk)
- secretaria noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- secretario noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- secretario noun (head of a department of government)
Swahili
1 entries- karani noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Swedish
3 entries- minister noun (head of a department of government)
- sekreterare noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretär noun (type of desk)
Tagalog
3 entries- kalihim noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- kalihim noun (head of a department of government)
- sekretarya noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Tajik
3 entries- котиб noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- котиба noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- муншӣ noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Tatar
1 entries- секретар noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Telugu
3 entries- కార్యదర్శి noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- కార్యదర్శి noun (head of a department of government)
- సహాయకుడు noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Thai
3 entries- รัฐมนตรี noun (head of a department of government)
- เลขาธิการ noun (leading or managerial position in certain organizations)
- เลขานุการ noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- sekreteri noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekreteri noun (head of a department of government)
Turkish
2 entries- katip noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekreter noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Turkmen
2 entries- kätip noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretar noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Ukrainian
2 entries- секрета́р noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- секрета́рка noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Urdu
3 entries- سِکْریٹْری noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- مُنْشی noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- کاتِب noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Uyghur
1 entries- كاتىپ noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Uzbek
3 entries- kotib noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- munshiy noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- sekretar noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bí thư noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- bộ trưởng noun (head of a department of government)
- thư kí noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- thư ký noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Volapük
1 entries- sekretan noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Welsh
2 entries- ysgrifennydd noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- ysgrifenyddes noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 秘書 /秘书 noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Yakut
2 entries- секретарь noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- суруксут noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Yiddish
2 entries- סעקרעטאַר noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- סעקרעטאַרשע noun (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Tom made Jill his secretary.
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The lawyer went out with the secretary.
Source: tatoeba (44063)
The secretary is good at English in addition to being beautiful.
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Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.