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

Many commenters express hope for a political shift in Texas, advocating for voting against Paxton and the Republican party. — Jack Herrera, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

The community asked questions, one commenter that is prolific in the E34 M5 community ran the car’s VIN and listed the entire car’s build configuration in the comments. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 29 Oct. 2026

Many commenters commiserated and shared their own horror stories with wedding gown preservation. — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Some commenters say chore lists had already pushed them back to hotels. — Lena Borrelli, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above