The legislator talked at length with his constituents about beach erosion.
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Legislator
/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪtə/
Synonyms for "legislator" (72 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (15)
aldermanarchonassemblymanbailieburghermasterburgomastercabinet membercabinet ministerchancellorchosen freeholdercity councilmancity fathercity managercommissar
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (21)
commissionercongressmancongresswomancouncillorcouncilmancouncilwomancounty commissionercounty supervisorelderfloor leaderheadmanindunalawgiverlawmaker
Related words (36)
Adjective(3 words)
legislative lawgiverportuguese políticosenatorial roman
Noun(6 words)
lord mayormagistratemairemajority leadermayormember of congressmember of parliamentministerminister of stateminority leadermpparty whippoliticianportreevereeverepresentativesecretarysecretary of stateselectmansenator
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Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: alderman, archon, assemblyman, assemblymen, bailie.
- Sentence evidence is available for legislator, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, derived_reverse, opengloss.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
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- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "legislator"
Keep "legislator" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
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3. Re-read context
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Final fit check
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Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
4 entriesCollocations
6 entrieselected legislatorfederal legislatorjunior legislatorlocal legislatorsenior legislatorstate legislator
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
103 translations across 60 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ligjvënës noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νομοθέτης noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Arabic
3 entries- شارِع noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- مُشَرِّع noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- مُشَرِّعَة noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Armenian
1 entries- օրենսդիր noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qanunverici noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- qanunverən noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Belarusian
2 entries- заканада́вец noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- заканада́ўца noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Bulgarian
2 entries- законода́тел noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- законода́телка noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Catalan
2 entries- legislador noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- legisladora noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 立法者 noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 立法者 noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Czech
2 entries- zákonodárce noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- zákonodárkyně noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Danish
3 entries- lovgiver noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- lovgiverinde noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- lovgiverske noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Dutch
2 entries- wetgeefster noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- wetgever noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Esperanto
2 entries- parlamentanino noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- parlamentano noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Estonian
1 entries- seadusandja noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Finnish
1 entries- lainsäätäjä noun (who creates or enacts laws)
French
2 entries- législateur noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- législatrice noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Georgian
1 entries- კანონმდებელი noun (who creates or enacts laws)
German
4 entries- Gesetzesmacher noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- Gesetzesmacherin noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- Gesetzgeber noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- Gesetzgeberin noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Greek
2 entries- νομοθέτης noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- νομοθέτις noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Hindi
2 entries- विधायक noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- व्यवस्थापक noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Hungarian
1 entries- törvényhozó noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Indonesian
1 entries- legislator noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Irish
1 entries- reachtóir noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Italian
2 entries- legislatore noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- legislatrice noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Japanese
1 entries- 立法者 noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Kazakh
1 entries- заң шығарушы noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Khmer
1 entries- នីតិបុគ្គល noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Korean
2 entries- 립법자 noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- 입법자 noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Lao
1 entries- ນິຕິບຸກຄົນ noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Latin
1 entries- lēgislātor noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Latvian
2 entries- likumdevēja noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- likumdevējs noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Lithuanian
1 entries- leidėjas noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Macedonian
1 entries- законодавец noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Māori
3 entries- kaihanga ture noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- kaiwhakaarature noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- kaiwhakature noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Norman
1 entries- législateu noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lovgiver noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- lovgivar noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- lovgjevar noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Old English
1 entries- ǣlǣdend noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قانونجی noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Persian
1 entries- قانونگذار noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jesazjäwa noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Polish
4 entries- legislator noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- prawodawca noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- prawodawczyni noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- ustawodawca noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Portuguese
2 entries- legislador noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- legisladora noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Romanian
4 entries- legislatoare noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- legislator noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- legiuitoare noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- legiuitor noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Russian
2 entries- законода́тель noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- законода́тельница noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zakonodávac noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- zakonòdāvka noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- законо̀да̄вка noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- законода́вац noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Slovak
2 entries- zákonodarca noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- zákonodarkyňa noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Slovene
2 entries- zakonodajalec noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- zakonodajalka noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Spanish
2 entries- legislador noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- legisladora noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Swedish
2 entries- lagstiftare noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- lagstifterska noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Tagalog
3 entries- lehislador noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- lehisladora noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- mambabatas noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Tajik
1 entries- қонунгузор noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Thai
1 entries- ผู้บัญญัติกฎหมาย noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Turkish
1 entries- yasa koyucu noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Ukrainian
2 entries- законода́вець noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- законода́виця noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Urdu
1 entries- قانون ساز noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Uzbek
1 entries- qonun chikaruvchi noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Vietnamese
2 entries- người làm luật noun (who creates or enacts laws)
- người lập pháp noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Welsh
1 entries- deddfwr noun (who creates or enacts laws)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
There is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.
Source: tatoeba (6287171)
For Newton, as for Boyle and Descartes, there were laws of nature only because there had been a (Divine) Legislator.
Source: tatoeba (10530981)
Give the children of the poor that portion of education which will enable them to know their own resources; which will cultivate in them an onward-looking hope, and give them rational amusement in their leisure hours: this, and this only, will work out that moral revolution, which is the legislator's noblest purpose.
Source: wiktionary
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "legislator"?
Closest matches include alderman, archon, assemblyman, assemblymen, bailie.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "legislator"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.