commentator

[kom-uhn-tey-ter]

noun

1. a person who discusses news, sports events, weather, or the like, as on television or radio.

2. a person who makes commentaries.

commentator

/ ˈkɒmənˌteɪtə /

noun

1. a person who provides a spoken commentary for a broadcast, film, etc, esp of a sporting event

2. a person who writes notes on a text, event, etc

Other Word Forms

• commentatorial adjective
• commentatorially adverb
• supercommentator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of commentator¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin commentātor interpreter, equivalent to commentā ( rī ) to interpret ( Latin: to think about, prepare, discuss, write, perhaps frequentative of comminīscī to devise; comment ) + Latin -tor -tor

Example Sentences

Mr Wright said the defendant had cultivated a publicly-expressed disapproval of female commentators in what he sees as the male preserve of football.

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“Despite what some commentators currently view as an extraordinary cash position at Berkshire, the great majority of your money remains in equities,” Berkshire said at the time.

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“Despite what some commentators currently view as an extraordinary cash position at Berkshire, the great majority of your money remains in equities,” Berkshire said at the time.

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This turn toward what local commentators are calling “spiritual consumption” reflects both shifting social values and a reshuffling of China’s consumer hierarchy.

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Not long after his exit from politics, Trudeau posted a photo of himself buying kitchenware at a Canadian Tire department store, which commentators took as him signaling the start of his "divorced dad era".

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Related Words

• analyst 
• announcer 
• correspondent 
• critic 
• observer 
• pundit 
• reviewer 
• sportscaster 
• writer