tastemaker

noun

taste·​mak·​er ˈtāst-ˌmā-kər 

: one who sets the standards of what is currently popular or fashionable

Examples of tastemaker in a Sentence

She is one of the most powerful tastemakers in the fashion world.

Recent Examples on the Web

But those Black Phone 2 posters awaiting his signature after, say, a small tastemaker screening come with territory that Hawke has become intimately familiar with. —David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026

If the approval of the most important tastemakers (gay people) wasn’t enough, The New Yorker had crowned Industry as the best TV show of 2024, with the show dominating critics’ year-end lists, from Vanity Fair to Vulture and The Guardian. —Louis Staples, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026

Kelly was initially inspired to dig into the ways history’s tastemakers used drugs while discussing Sigmund Freud in his first college psychology class. —Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026

The Ettore Sottsass Ultrafragola mirror is a good example of the site’s massive inventory range, beloved by tastemakers like Olivia Kim. —Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 12 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tastemaker

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