decision-maker

noun

de·​ci·​sion-mak·​er di-ˈsi-zhən-ˌmā-kər 

variants or less commonly decision maker

plural decision-makers also decision makers

: someone who is known or primarily responsible for making decisions

a good decision-maker

one of the company's key/top decision makers

However, this does not permit corrections personnel or a warden to automatically assume the role of the patient's medical decision-maker.

—Erik Larsen and Katherine Drabiak

Examples of decision-maker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tag decision-makers and organizations Let your voice be heard. —Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 9 May 2025

Higher education is increasingly under scrutiny from the nation’s most powerful decision-makers. —Essence, 8 May 2025

The program aims to connect filmmakers with decision-makers in production, financing, distribution and sales. —Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 May 2025

There’s plenty of truth to that accusation, and evidence of it can be found in how the team’s decision-makers altered their approach to roster-building this offseason. —Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for decision-maker

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