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Synonyms for amanuensis

Most common

secretary scribe

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Stenographer

stenographer, shorthand typist dated UK

2. Secretary — A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe

secretary, scribe, copyist, transcriber, scrivener, writer, clerk

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.

  2. n. 2

    One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.

Forms

Plural
amanuenses → stenographers, secretaries, scribes, copyists…

Example sentences

  • secretary The new secretary types about 70 words per minute.
  • scribe Tom dressed as an ancient Egyptian scribe.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
amanuensissteady
secretaryfalling
scriberising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
clerk1
6 letters
writer2, scribe1
7 letters
copyist
9 letters
secretary4, scrivener2
11 letters
transcriber3
12 letters
stenographer4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (writer2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
copieur
Italiano
copiatore
Deutsch
Vervielfältigungsapparat