Synonyms of lawmaker

lawmaker

noun

ˈlȯ-ˌmā-kər 

as in legislator

a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws

the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• legislator
• senator
• lawgiver
• congressman
• assemblyman
• solon
• congresswoman
• assemblywoman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lawmaker

As lawmakers and companies take on the challenge of protecting kids online, parents are cheering them on. — Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026

After months of negotiations, lawmakers added guardrails including a monitoring plan and an advisory committee with immigration, LGBTQ+ and cybersecurity experts. — Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026

Trump’s twenty-five-minute address, delivered from the East Room, had the self-congratulatory air of a State of the Union speech without the accompanying props—cheering lawmakers, unsmiling Justices, celebrity guests. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

The staff levels of the subways is between the TWU and MTA, not lawmakers. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026