policymaker

noun

pol·​i·​cy·​mak·​er ˈpä-lə-sē-ˌmā-kər 

variants or less commonly policy maker or policy-maker

plural policymakers also policy makers or policy-makers

: someone who is responsible for or involved in establishing policy

economic policymakers

He had been a policymaker under four Republican and Democratic Presidents and had spent years on Capitol Hill fencing with congressional committees and lobbying for votes.

—William Greider

Examples of policymaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the labs have not yet come calling for the reproduction pipeline, which will be shared on White Circle’s GitHub to help policymakers assess whether AI safety laws are needed to keep frontier labs in check. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

The type of supply shocks that have driven the energy surge generally are considered temporary, and policymakers often will look through them when considering where to set rates. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Wednesday’s data puts the Federal Reserve further from its 2% inflation target (measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index) and could prompt policymakers to hike interest rates again if price pressures persist. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

African policymakers are keen to deepen capital markets as a way to mobilize more of the continent’s domestic resources to fund infrastructure projects and reduce borrowing costs. — semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for policymaker

• automaker
• boilermaker
• cabinetmaker
• coffeemaker
• troublemaker
• undertaker
• blackacre
• caretaker
• clockmaker
• dressmaker
• filmmaker
• homemaker