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

1 sense of bean counter

Sense 1
bean counter -- (an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures)
       => accountant, comptroller, controller -- (someone who maintains and audits business accounts)
       => bureaucrat, administrative official -- (an official of a bureaucracy)