reviewer

noun

re·​view·​er ri-ˈvyü-ər How to pronounce reviewer (audio)
Synonyms of reviewernext
: one that reviews
especially : a writer of critical reviews

Synonyms of reviewer

Examples of reviewer in a Sentence

many reviewers were unhappy with the movie's cryptic ending
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Yelp reviewers think the cocktails are next-level. Fielding Buck, Daily News, 28 May 2026 No warning, no opt-out, no qualifications The undocumented changes also included code to conceal the instruction and its results by adding ANSI escapes that erased the PI when human reviewers use the TTY command to monitor activity on interactive terminals. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026 An agentic system now scans a supplier’s social presence, marketplace reputation and product quality, delivering a synthesis to reviewers within hours rather than weeks. Peter High, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 To understand how deep the problem runs, the team ran a large-scale simulation, exploiting the fact that algorithms — unlike human reviewers — produce the same output for the same input every time. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for reviewer

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reviewer was in 1642

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“Reviewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reviewer. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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