maker

noun

mak·​er ˈmā-kər 

plural makers

: one that makes: such as

a

capitalized : god sense 1

Tastemakers shunned Hartshorne because he violated modernist taboo by arguing that God actually exists. Faith establishments shunned him because he maintained that the Maker must be imperfect.

—Gregg Easterbrook

see also meet one's maker

b

archaic : poet

c

: a person who borrows money on a promissory note

The party that agrees to repay the money is the maker of the note, and the party that receives money in the future is the payee.

—Gary A. Porter and Curtis L. Norton

d

: manufacturer

For six months, starting in September 1972, Satoshi Kamata, a journalist, worked incognito as a temporary employee at Toyota, Japan's largest car maker.

—Steve Lohr

Robin Williams stars as Leslie Zevo, the son of a toy maker … with a macabre sense of whimsy.

—Peter Travers

e

: a person who experiments with creating, constructing, modifying, or repairing objects especially as a hobby

With 3D printers and sewing machines, laser cutters and hand tools, makers are innovating and revolutionizing the creative process of turning ideas into tangible objects.

—Record Observer (Centreville, Maryland)

Maker culture is about … learning by doing, taking an idea from paper to reality.

—Peg Mawby

As he tinkered, [inventor Saul] Griffith became a prime exemplar of "maker culture"—a community of sophisticated do-it-yourselfers who view hardware in the same provisional way that computer hackers view software, and who believe that making, modifying, and repairing things can be an antidote to throwaway consumerism.

—David Owen

Synonyms

• Allah
• Almighty
• Author
• Creator
• deity
• Divinity
• Eternal
• Everlasting
• Father
• God
• Godhead
• Jehovah
• King
• Lord
• Providence
• Supreme Being
• Yahweh
• Jahveh
• Yahveh

Examples of maker in a Sentence

a maker of action films

a maker of computer chips

a hymn giving thanks to the Maker of all things

Recent Examples on the Web

In the meantime, Taiwan is clearly reducing at least some of the vulnerabilities about which the FDD has written. CEO: C-suite news, analysis, and advice for top decision makers right to your inbox. —Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024

Earlier this month, the maker of the Zepbound anti-obesity treatment pledged spending $4.5 billion to build a center aimed at discovering new manufacturing methods for more efficient production. —Sean Conlon, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024

More National Pasta Day deals Barilla: To celebrate World Pasta Day, which is Oct. 25, the pasta maker has a contest to win a trip to reunite you with a loved one ($10,000 grand prize). —Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024

The company’s shares closed 1.5% lower on Wednesday amid a broad tech sell-off following a disappointing update from chip equipment maker ASML (ASML). —Reuters, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing maker

• coffee maker
• decision maker
• hit-maker
• maker space
• market maker
• meet one's maker
• opinion maker
• policy maker
• star-maker
• widow maker

Kids Definition

maker

noun

mak·​er ˈmā-kər 

: one that makes: as

a

capitalized : god sense 1

b

: a person who signs a promissory note

Legal Definition

maker

noun

mak·​er

: one (as an issuer) that undertakes to pay a negotiable instrument and especially a note

sign a note as maker rather than indorser