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executive assistantA person who provides high-level administrative support to executives or senior management

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: A person who provides high-level administrative support to executives or senior management

Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪɡˈzekjətɪv əˈsɪstənt/

Example Sentences

  • The executive assistant scheduled three meetings while simultaneously booking the CEO's flight to Paris and ordering his favorite coffee.
  • When the new executive assistant organized the chaotic office, even the plants seemed to stand straighter.
  • She works as an executive assistant at a multinational corporation, managing communications between different departments.

executive assistant

NOUN

[/ɪɡˈzekjətɪv əˈsɪstənt/]

A person who provides high-level administrative support to executives or senior management

A person who provides high-level administrative support to executives or senior management
💡 Concept

A person who provides high-level administrative support to executives or senior management

Stay persistent in your work, but resistant to unfair demands!
🎵 Rhyme

Stay persistent in your work, but resistant to unfair demands!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ɪɡˈzekjətɪv əˈsɪstənt/
🇬🇧 UK/ɪɡˈzekjʊtɪv əˈsɪstənt/

🌳Etymology

Rootexecute
Suffix--ive

🎵Rhyme

assistantpersistentconsistentresistant
assistant
persistent
consistent
resistant

🔗Collocations

senior executive assistant
hire an executive assistant
executive assistant duties
personal executive assistant
executive assistant position
experienced executive assistant

📝Examples

The executive assistant scheduled three meetings while simultaneously booking the CEO's flight to Paris and ordering his favorite coffee.

😄 Fun example

When the new executive assistant organized the chaotic office, even the plants seemed to stand straighter.

She works as an executive assistant at a multinational corporation, managing communications between different departments.

😄 Fun example

The executive assistant's desk looked like mission control - with five monitors, three phones, and enough sticky notes to wallpaper a small room.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

personal assistantadministrative assistantsecretaryoffice manager

Antonyms

executivemanagersupervisor

Related

administrationsecretarysupport staffoffice workerreceptionist

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