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commenter

commenter

126 2.8
A person who writes opinions about articles or posts online
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒmɛntər/
  • Texting
translation icon : usuario que comenta
  • The video received hundreds of comments, and each commenter expressed a unique opinion.
  • one commenter

All right, the top commenter on this wrote.

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Examples

  • And in fact more commenters were actually opposed to televised leaders debates than there were in favour.

  • Hi Teresa, you seem to be my best commenter, and I thank you.

    Blog text (2)
  • All right, the top commenter on this wrote.

  • In that one, it was clear which commenter that suggestion was for.

    Blog text (2)
  • Do you think that the commenters are pretty on point?

  • But one or two of the commenters just wanted to prove they were right.

    Blog text (1)
  • I may have mentioned this already, but you have become my favorite commenter on PubliCola.

    Blog text (2)
  • A standard policy sets an expectation for all the commenters on the website.

    Blog text (1)
  • You claim that most commenters have not addressed the arguments of your original post.

    Blog text (1)
  • Citizen commenters posted counternarratives to the dominant identity on the websites of news organizations.

    Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

poster
vscommenter
  • Texting
171 3.6

A person who writes messages on an online forum or social site

focuses on writing comments and opinions rather than all content
opinionist
vscommenter
  • Literature
1 7.7

A person who often shares views publicly, for example on TV

does so less regularly and mainly writes occasional online comments
voicer
vscommenter
8.6

A person who says their opinion in public

tends to write comments online rather than speak or broadcast
opiner
vscommenter
9.0

A person who says what they think in public, often as an expert

is more informal and writes comments online rather than speaking as an expert

How Opinionated

troll
  • Offensive
129 6.4
critic
314 3.2
commenter
  • Texting
126 2.8
respondent
93 3.7
reader
679 1.0

Surface Forms

commenter singular
commenters plural

Morphology

commenter = comment (transparent) = comment + er

Formed from the verb 'comment' + agentive suffix '-er'; the meaning 'person who writes or posts comments' is directly derived.

Etymology

Commenter comes from the word comment (from Latin ment 'mind' or 'thought') plus the ending -er meaning 'one who'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a commenter online as 'one who writes their thoughts', which is why the word means a person who writes comments or short opinions.