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

Investors and policymakers now look to alternative data, such as Wednesday’s private-sector payroll data from ADP, along with the Challenger report, to understand the state of the US economy. —Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025

Furthermore, policymakers and procurement officials now classify technologies by urgency. —Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025

After raising five children together, Nancy transitioned from homemaker to policymaker with her election to Congress in 1987. —Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025

The event is likely to see the participation of heads of state and top policymakers, along with business leaders such as Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of NVIDIA, and Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind. —Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 5 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