commentator
/ˈkɒmənˌteɪtə/US/ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/
commentator noun: synonym of historian or chronicler, a person who compiles an annotated history.
Noun (1)
commentator (plural commentators)
- Synonym of historian or chronicler, a person who compiles an annotated history.
- Synonyms:
- historian or chronicler
- A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.
- A person who compiles explanations of the law, particularly (historical) comparatively innovative European jurists in the 14th century, as opposed to earlier glossators.
- It would be well into the fourteenth century before the commentators came into their own.2009, Randall Lesaffer, European Legal History: A Cultural and Political Perspective, →ISBN, page 257
- A person who compiles explanations of biblical passages.
- A person who provides an instantaneous description of a public event, particularly a sporting event, for a mass media audience.
- He was a commentator for football two years before retiring.
- A person who provides analysis or opinion on current events, especially for a mass media audience.
- Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators.2025 February 19, Christian Wolmar, “Reeves talks of 'growth' but pays lip service to the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 35
Noun (2) capitalized: Commentator
Commentator (plural Commentators)
- Alternative letter-case form of commentator (medieval legal scholar)
commentator meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
commentator in Hindi
- टिप्पणीकार, कमेंटेटर, टीकाकार
commentator in Marathi
- भाष्यकार
commentator in Urdu
- کمنٹیٹر
commentator in Bengali
- ধারাভাষ্যকার, ভাষ্যকার
More languagesFewer languages
- commentator in Telugu
- వ్యాఖ్యాత vyākhyāta
- commentator in Malayalam
- കമന്റേറ്റർ, കമൻ്റേറ്റർ
- commentator in Punjabi
- ਟਿੱਪਣੀਕਾਰ, ਟਿੱਪਣੀਕਰਤਾ
- commentator in Gujarati
- ટિપ્પણીકાર
- commentator in Odia
- କମେଣ୍ଟେଟର, କମେଣ୍ଟେଟର୍
- commentator in Nepali
- कमेन्टेटर
- commentator in Arabic
- مُعَلِّق muʕalliq
- commentator in Thai
- นักวิจารณ์ nák-wí-jaan
- commentator in Vietnamese
- bình luận viên
Examples of commentator in a sentence
- Watching the political commentators on cable news channels always gets him fired up.
- Let's go over to Peter Smith, our commentator at the match.
- Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
Synonyms of commentator
- historian or chronicler
- interpreter
Forms of commentator
| plural | commentators |
|---|---|
| alternative form | commentatour |
| plural | Commentators |
Origin of commentator
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. By surface analysis, comment + -ator.
Words formed from commentator
Phrases with commentator
Questions about commentator
- What does commentator mean?
- Commentator means synonym of historian or chronicler, a person who compiles an annotated history.
- What is commentator in Hindi?
- Commentator in Hindi is टिप्पणीकार, कमेंटेटर, टीकाकार. See Commentator meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is commentator?
- Commentator is a noun.
- How do you pronounce commentator?
- Commentator is pronounced /ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of commentator?
- The plural of commentator is commentators.
Words near commentator in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: commentator (page history and authors); Commentator (page history and authors); commentator (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commentator (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commentator (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commentator (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commentator (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commentator (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commentator (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commentator (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commentator (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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