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1. secretary
noun. ['ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri'] an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- secretarius (Latin)
- secretus (Latin)
Rhymes with Secretary
- adversary
- appleberry
- arterberry
- asbury
- atterbury
- auberry
- banbury
- beneficiary
- bicentenary
- blackberry
- blueberry
- brackenbury
- bradberry
- bradbury
- brimberry
- cadbury
- canterbury
- capillary
- carberry
- cardiopulmonary
How do you pronounce secretary?
Pronounce secretary as ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri.
US - How to pronounce secretary in American English
UK - How to pronounce secretary in British English
How to spell secretary? Is it secretaria? Or secretery? Common misspellings are:
- secretaria
- secretery
Sentences with secretary
1. Noun, singular or mass
Meet with the church secretary and ask about scheduling a room for your meeting.
Quotes about secretary
1. When I turned about 14, I developed a friendship with this guy whose mom was the secretary to Ernest Angley, the faith healer, who's very popular in the Midwest. He had a television show, and he was sort of like Liberace mixed with Jerry Falwell - very glitzy, very high-tech.
- Marilyn Manson
2. The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord."Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one.
- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
3. Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me.""Do you mean you want a secretary or something?""No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.
- Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
2. secretary
noun. ['ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri'] a person who is head of an administrative department of government.
Synonyms
- undersecretary
- Secretary of Transportation
- Agriculture Secretary
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Interior Secretary
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Secretary of Commerce
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Secretary of Health and Human Services
- chief
- head
- Secretary of Education
- Attorney General
- Treasury Secretary
- US Attorney General
- Energy Secretary
- Secretary of the Treasury
- Secretary of Labor
- Education Secretary
- Secretary of State
- Labor Secretary
- Secretary of Energy
- United States Attorney General
- top dog
- Commerce Secretary
- Secretary of the Interior
- Transportation Secretary
- Defense Secretary
Antonyms
Etymology
- secretarius (Latin)
- secretus (Latin)
3. secretary
noun. ['ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri'] a person to whom a secret is entrusted.
Etymology
- secretarius (Latin)
- secretus (Latin)