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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal, often derogatory) A person who performs routine office work, involving mainly paperwork..
"I had to prove to people who were unimportant, who'd never achieved anything in their lives—the administrator, the pen-pusher—that I could fight."
A pen-pusher in a Sixth ave. office said a coal miner is paid well. I asked him if he ever dug coal. Oh no!
Investors may have a lopsided view of the company’s reputation simply because an uncaring pen pusher in the finance department responded lethargically to an investor’s query.
Use pen-pusher when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pen-pusher means (informal, often derogatory) A person who performs routine office work, involving mainly paperwork..
Common synonyms include bureaucrat, pencil pusher.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"I had to prove to people who were unimportant, who'd never achieved anything in their lives—the administrator, the pen-pusher—that I could fight."
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