commenter

noun

com·​ment·​er ˈkä-ˌmen-tər 

variants or less commonly commentor

plural commenters also commentors

: one who comments

especially : one who leaves a comment on an Internet site, story, page, etc.

… every blogger and commenter and self-anointed pundit, could outperform any robot writer at a fraction of the cost.

—Paul Di Filippo

Many websites which allow users to leave comments … use a system called Captcha to check that the commenter is not a computer programme (or 'bot') leaving spam comments.

—Nick Poyntz

Examples of commenter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Public commenters on Thursday afternoon agreed with the staff recommendation. —Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025

Most commenters, however, agreed that the Costco cheese pizza is delectable even without the cheese. —Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025

Besides the comings and goings of the animal, quite a few commenters were more concerned about the safety hazard the roommate created. —Moná Thomas, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025

When a video posted on X last week appeared to show Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a plane adding two droppers of blue liquid to a drink, commenters were quick to share opinions about what the inky-colored substance could be. —Cathy Nelson, Health, 19 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above