Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA clerk or bureaucrat, especially one with a routine job.
Similar
Translations
Czech byrokrat
- byrokratclerk or bureaucrat
Danish papirnusser
- papirnusserclerk or bureaucrat
Hungarian aktakukac, aktatologató
- aktakukacclerk or bureaucrat
- aktatologatóclerk or bureaucrat
Italian passacarte
- passacarteclerk or bureaucrat
Polish biurokrata, zarękawek
- biurokrataclerk or bureaucrat
- zarękawekclerk or bureaucrat
Russian офисный планктон, канцелярская крыса
- офисный планктон (ofisnyj plankton)clerk or bureaucrat
- канцелярская крыса (kanceljarskaja krysa)clerk or bureaucrat
Slovak byrokrat
- byrokratclerk or bureaucrat
Swedish kontorsråtta
- kontorsråttaclerk or bureaucrat
Cite this entry
APA
paper-pusher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper-pusher
MLA
“paper-pusher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper-pusher. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paper-pusher,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper-pusher.
Source: paper-pusher on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.