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

Online commenters claiming to have attended the protests said some rallies were disrupted by supporters of the Counter-Racist Action Collective, an organization that has staged counter-protests in the past. —Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025

Many commenters responded to OP's post sharing their thoughts and advice on the situation. —Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025

Public commenters also spoke out against the shootings. —Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025

Public commenters gave a mixed reaction to Bass’ brush with law enforcement — some called on him to resign while others expressed their support for him. —Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above