commentator

Meaning

1. A person who makes a commentary, particularly
2. (obsolete, rare) A person who makes a commentary, particularly
3. A person who makes a commentary, particularly
4. A person who makes a commentary, particularly
5. A person who makes a commentary, particularly
6. A person who makes a commentary, particularly
7. A person who makes a commentary, particularly

Synonyms

reviewer

annotator

observer

analyst

columnist

interpreter

expounder

anchor

⚓

publicist

journalist

reporter

critic

expositor

newscaster

newspaperman

newspaperwoman

newswoman

pressman

pundit

storyteller

translator

voiceover

news correspondent

commentator’s

news analyst

scholiast

talking head

newswriter

author of review

author of survey

telegiornali newsreader

commentator's

anchorman

announcer

cheerer

commenter

critics

exegete

explainer

fan

female journalist

inspector

linkman

narrator

Translations

commentateur

Kommentator

comentarista

σχολιαστής

commentatore

comentarista

jornalista

periodista

giornalista

journaliste

صحفي

Reporter

comentarista

δημοσιογράφος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: commentator

In summary

In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interpreter, jailer”), from commentātus + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from commentāri (“to ponder, to study, to write upon”), from comminīscor (“to think over, to invent”) + -tārī (“to frequently be ~ed”). In meaning, influenced by comment and commentary.