paper-pusher

Noun

Meaning

a clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

paper pusher

Synonyms

official paper clerk scribbler officer chart employee clerical bureaucratic bureaucrat writer paperwork pencil pusher penpusher apparatchik
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Hypernyms

clerk bureaucrat administrative official

Related terms

push paper

Close letter words and terms

paper-lined baking sheet paper-maker paper-milling paper-thick paper-thin paper-train