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 point out inaccuracies in the article regarding the full retirement age, which is 67 for those born after 1960, not 65. — John Csiszar, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

To show that disconnect, Gilbert recalled once asking Danny not to post photos of him on social media because commenters had mocked him for not looking tough enough to be Trejo’s son. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

Whether the commenter ever followed through on the challenge is still unclear, but SZA had something to say to people who think tearing down someone else’s artwork is worth a lot of their time. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026

Many public commenters Monday spoke out against data centers. — Olivia Young, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above