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 minutes of the Fed's most recent meeting in October indicate there are likely to be strong divisions among policymakers about the Fed's next step. —CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025

While low gas prices provide immediate relief for consumers, their impact on the broader economy, particularly as inflation concerns persist, will be closely watched by policymakers and industry participants in the months ahead. —Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025

Market odds of another rate cut at next month’s meeting of central bank policymakers are over 80%, according to the CME FedWatch tool . —Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025

The replies Monday from policymakers, academics, business owners and community organizers laid out how economic headwinds facing Black women may indicate a troubling shift for the economy at large. —Matt Brown, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025

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