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 response to the post, many commenters expressed concern. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026

In 2023 everything changed, when a chance TikTok unboxing of the Studio camisole stirred up a frenzy, with commenters wondering if the $75 price tag was warranted. — Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 22 June 2026

When so much of motherhood is carefully curated and aspirationally filtered online, the responses on garden-mom videos can read like the commenters are experiencing a collective sigh of relief. — Sarah Levy, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

Following more than three hours of meeting time devoted to presentations by county staff and project representatives and approximately 75 public commenters, the board voted 5-0 to approve the long-running and controversial Upper Westside Project. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above