maker

noun

mak·​er ˈmā-kər 

plural makers

: one that makes: such as

a

Maker : god sense 1

Tastemakers shunned Hartshorne because he violated modernist taboo by arguing that God actually exists. Faith establishments shunned him because he maintained that the Maker must be imperfect.

—Gregg Easterbrook

see also meet one's maker

b

archaic : poet

c

: a person who borrows money on a promissory note

The party that agrees to repay the money is the maker of the note, and the party that receives money in the future is the payee.

—Gary A. Porter and Curtis L. Norton

d

: manufacturer

For six months, starting in September 1972, Satoshi Kamata, a journalist, worked incognito as a temporary employee at Toyota, Japan's largest car maker.

—Steve Lohr

Robin Williams stars as Leslie Zevo, the son of a toy maker … with a macabre sense of whimsy.

—Peter Travers

e

: a person who experiments with creating, constructing, modifying, or repairing objects especially as a hobby

With 3D printers and sewing machines, laser cutters and hand tools, makers are innovating and revolutionizing the creative process of turning ideas into tangible objects.

—Record Observer (Centreville, Maryland)

Maker culture is about … learning by doing, taking an idea from paper to reality.

—Peg Mawby

As he tinkered, [inventor Saul] Griffith became a prime exemplar of "maker culture"—a community of sophisticated do-it-yourselfers who view hardware in the same provisional way that computer hackers view software, and who believe that making, modifying, and repairing things can be an antidote to throwaway consumerism.

—David Owen

Synonyms of maker

• Lord
• God
• Creator
• Father

Examples of maker in a Sentence

a maker of action films

a maker of computer chips

a hymn giving thanks to the Maker of all things

Recent Examples on the Web

The club’s decision makers will meet this weekend to decide on the club’s final few roster spots, but there are still a few days left for players to make a last impression. —Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026

Though automakers have yet to report their sales figures for March, the first full month since the Persian Gulf conflict began, early signs point to Asian EV makers such as China’s BYD and Vietnam’s VinFast benefiting from the resulting surge in crude oil prices. —Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026

Nigl’s 49-game streak remains the gold standard — a benchmark that has stood for several years and continues to be the mark every bracket-maker, knowingly or not, is chasing. —Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026

One soft serve margarita recipe posted by Ninja Kitchen, which also created the Ninja CREAMi ice cream maker, calls for ingredients like lime juice, orange liqueur, tequila and a sweetener of your choice. —Kate Perez, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing maker

• bread maker
• coffee maker
• decision maker
• hit-maker
• ice maker
• maker space
• market maker
• meet one's maker
• opinion maker
• policy maker
• star-maker
• widow maker

Rhymes for maker

• breaker
• laker
• nacre
• quaker
• raker
• sacre
• shaker
• taker
• automaker
• boilermaker
• cabinetmaker
• coffeemaker

Kids Definition

maker

noun

mak·​er ˈmā-kər 

: one that makes: as

a

capitalized : god sense 1

b

: a person who signs a promissory note

Legal Definition

maker

noun

mak·​er

: one (as an issuer) that undertakes to pay a negotiable instrument and especially a note

sign a note as maker rather than indorser