Home › Words › D › drugmakerdrugmakerdrugmaker means A pharmaceutical manufacturer.EtymologyFrom drug + maker.nounA pharmaceutical manufacturer.A producer of illegal drugs.e.g.“And in the areas controlled by the militias, the drugmakers are cooking up a storm.” — 2019 July 4, Michael Sullivan, “In Myanmar, Methamphetamine, Synthetic Drug Production Soars”, in NPR.org:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.druggist 66% match — A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines. vs drugmaker →drugger 63% match — A druggist. vs drugmaker →biomanufacturer 60% match — A manufacturer in the field of biomanufacturing vs drugmaker →manufactor 60% match — A manufacturer. vs drugmaker →biopharma 60% match — The biopharmaceutical industry. vs drugmaker →detailman 59% match — A sales representative for a pharmaceutical company. vs drugmaker →pharmacal 59% match — pharmaceutical vs drugmaker →farmaceutical 57% match — A medically valuable compound produced from modified agricultural crops or animals (usually through biotechnology). vs drugmaker →