decision-maker

noun

de·​ci·​sion-mak·​er di-ˈsi-zhən-ˌmā-kər 

variants or less commonly decision maker

plural decision-makers also decision makers

: someone who is known or primarily responsible for making decisions

a good decision-maker

one of the company's key/top decision makers

However, this does not permit corrections personnel or a warden to automatically assume the role of the patient's medical decision-maker.

—Erik Larsen and Katherine Drabiak

Examples of decision-maker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There, growth teams responsible for filtering up the best leads to their sales colleagues were collecting intel like what other software tools prospects were already using, who their own clients were and where potential decision-makers used to work. —Alex Konrad, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025

By identifying areas of water surplus and scarcity, the report aims to empower decision-makers to implement solutions that balance competing demands for this essential resource. —Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025

The report found that data center decision-makers surveyed at the end of 2024 expected 30% of data centers to have onsite power as a primary energy source by 2030. —Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025

But that would force Miami’s decision-makers to find two new tailbacks and a fullback in the draft and free agency. —Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above