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

Malachi is a gym rat who keeps getting better, a tough shot-maker who knows how to put the ball in the basket. —Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026

The image depicts the sculpture Galatea in the moment she was brought to life by the goddess Venus, fulfilling the desire of her maker, Pygmalion, to have a wife as beautiful as his own creation. —Max Berlinger, Vogue, 4 May 2026

Aluminum supply chains have also been hit, following Iranian strikes on smelters in Bahrain and the UAE, pushing the price of the metal to a four-year high and testing panel and turbine makers who rely on it. —Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 4 May 2026

Alito granted temporary relief to the maker of mifepristone, Danco Laboratories, and the manufacturer of a generic version of the drug, GenBioPro. —Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 May 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