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

Some commenters on her post didn’t even recognize her. —Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2025

Early on, TikTokers and their commenters accused them of making content for pedophiles. —Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025

One commenter pointed the finger not at the family, but at the girlfriend. —Ashley Vega, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025

While there are plenty of practical and heartwarming reasons for a parent to call their child by a middle name, lots of commenters who go by their middle names were very vocal about the pain points that often accompany the practice. —Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above