Synonyms of legislators

legislators

noun

plural of legislator

as in lawmakers

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

the legislators met in an all-night session to hammer out the details of the bill

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of legislators

Among the next steps TNT Fireworks would like to see from legislators are improvements to information-sharing and communication between fireworks regulators and public agencies overseeing imports. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

State legislators passed a law that year instructing the DOC to assess a daily cost to every person behind bars. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

Martinez told legislators at a hearing this year how his wife had found a lump in her breast and asked for an appointment with her longtime caregiver at Kaiser to examine it. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

In the previous law, if legislators didn't vote on a rule it was rejected. — CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

After budget deliberations this summer, state legislators changed course and decided to partially fund the program. — Priyanka D McCluskey, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

Though classes in the building began in August, the celebration offered a first look for hundreds of campus and community members as well as area business leaders, legislators and other stakeholders. — Rick West, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

In January, the University of Arkansas School of Law reversed the hiring of a new dean who had signalled support for transgender students after Republican state legislators threatened to defund the school. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Kiar noted a provision buried in Amendment 3 that would give future legislators power to decide how property taxes are spent. — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026