commenter

Sometimes com·ment·or

[kom-en-ter]

noun

1. a person who makes remarks, observations, or criticisms, especially in response to a published story, post, etc..

   I will delete comments and ban commenters that bring too much negativity to the forum.

   Class size is a topic that is always in fashion with education policy commenters and journalists.

2. a person who writes explanatory or critical notes on a text.

   These commentaries have the commenter’s notes and the Biblical text in parallel columns.

Word History and Origins

Origin of commenter¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; comment ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

“One commenter was like ‘I like Honeycrisp…that makes sense why they’re my favorite apple because I’m also a diva,’” she said.

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Another commenter observed: “It’s not even little kids that are raiding the sweets, it’s the older ones from 10-12 and teenagers and college kids that keep on taking the sweets.”

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One commenter wrote: "can someone explain to me what is up w my search recs pls?"

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“You were getting free PR from people unboxing these,” wrote a commenter on TikTok, “And managed to undo all of that with Hartford.”

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Another commenter questioned how a project of such scale could have been approved by so many people.

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