Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun secretary_of_education

2 senses of secretary of education

Sense 1
Secretary of Education, Education Secretary -- (the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education; "Carter appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education")
       => secretary -- (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)

Sense 2
Secretary of Education, Education Secretary -- (the position of the head of the Education Department; "the post of Education Secretary was created in 1979")
       => secretaryship -- (the position of secretary)