secretary
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
Types & categories
- chief hypernym
- United States Attorney General hyponym
- Secretary of Agriculture hyponym
- Secretary of Commerce hyponym
- Secretary of Defense hyponym
- Secretary of Education hyponym
- Secretary of Energy hyponym
- Secretary of Health and Human Services hyponym
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development hyponym
- Secretary of Labor hyponym
- Secretary of State hyponym
- Interior Secretary hyponym
- Secretary of the Treasury hyponym
- Secretary of Transportation hyponym
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs hyponym
- undersecretary hyponym
Related & opposite
- secretaryship derivation
Sense 2 noun
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
Types & categories
- helper hypernym
- executive secretary hyponym
- receptionist hyponym
- social secretary hyponym
- stenographer hyponym
Related & opposite
- secretaryship derivation
- secretarial derivation
Sense 3 noun
a person to whom a secret is entrusted
Types & categories
- confidant hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a desk used for writing
Types & categories
- desk hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | secretaryship |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chief |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | United States Attorney General |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of Agriculture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of Commerce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of Defense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of Education |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of Energy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of Labor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of State |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Interior Secretary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of the Treasury |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of Transportation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | undersecretary |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | secretaryship |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | secretarial |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | helper |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | executive secretary |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | receptionist |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | social secretary |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stenographer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | confidant |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | desk |