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

The exchange captured a debate that has been intensifying all year, with economists weighing productivity impacts and policymakers scheduling hearings on labor displacement. — Nili Gilbert, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Yet lawyers involved told me that Administration policymakers seemed to want specific proof of a war crime, and since the State Department doesn’t run courts to weigh evidence, the lawyers couldn’t prove anything. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

High energy costs have been highlighted as a key issue, piling pressure on policymakers to ramp up North Sea oil production even as Britain pushes ahead with its net-zero carbon goals. — Chloe Taylor,joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 20 July 2026

Still, the overall trend has been a more hawkish Fed as the economy has remained resilient, with half of policymakers predicting rate hikes soon. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 July 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