Synonyms of lawmakers

lawmakers

noun

plural of lawmaker

as in legislators

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

• legislators
• senators
• solons
• lawgivers
• congressmen
• assemblymen
• congresswomen
• assemblywomen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lawmakers

The issue roiled French politics for years before lawmakers recently approved legislation allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

Last week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled the bill for a 20% incentive, which with bonuses could bring the total rebate to 30%. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026

Heidenau’s city council voted to stop installing Stolpersteine, brass plaques honoring Holocaust victims, with local lawmakers from the far-right AfD and Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative CDU backing the move. — Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Lamont and lawmakers have set aside $550 million from past state budget surpluses to mitigate federal human service programs cuts. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

The concern has reached Capitol Hill, where lawmakers held a briefing behind closed doors earlier this month about AI’s dangers. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

If lawmakers don’t extend it, the cornerstone of the Pentagon’s legal argument will evaporate. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Some Tennessee lawmakers went further, proposing to prohibit providers from administering mRNA vaccines altogether. — Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

Now, a group of British lawmakers has called on the government to end the use of real bearskins in the ceremonial headpieces worn by the King’s Guard. — James Frater, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026