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

In addition to gentle ribbing, the coat also captivated commenters. —Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2026

Fans quickly took notice, with several commenters praising the change. —Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 14 Jan. 2026

In the lead-up to the Chabad of Thousand Oaks’ annual Hanukkah celebration, a Facebook commenter left a series of terrifying messages saying that people would unleash machine guns at the community gathering, according to federal court records. —Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026

How Other Parents Reacted to Murphy’s Post The reaction to Murphy’s revelations about his parenting style were mixed, with some commenters offering sympathy, while others more or less accused him of being a terrible father. —Alex Shoemaker, Parents, 12 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above