clerk
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
Types & categories
- employee hypernym
- desk clerk hyponym
- file clerk hyponym
- paper-pusher hyponym
- penpusher hyponym
- mapper hyponym
- postal clerk hyponym
- settler hyponym
- shipping clerk hyponym
- sorter hyponym
- tally clerk hyponym
- timekeeper hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
work as a clerk, as in the legal business
Types & categories
- work hypernym
Related & opposite
- bookkeeping derivation
- clerk derivation
Sense 3 noun
a salesperson in a store
Types & categories
- salesperson hypernym
- shop boy hyponym
- shop girl hyponym
Related & opposite
- clerkship derivation
- Great Britain domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clerkship |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clerk |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clerical |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clerical |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | employee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | desk clerk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | file clerk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paper-pusher |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | penpusher |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mapper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | postal clerk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | settler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shipping clerk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sorter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tally clerk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | timekeeper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bookkeeping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | clerk |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | work |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | clerkship |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | salesperson |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shop boy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shop girl |