Synonyms for commentator
ˈkɒm ənˌteɪ tərcom·men·ta·tor

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1. commentator

   Synonyms:
   interpreter, explainer, note-maker, scholiast, expositor, glossary, elucidator

   Antonyms:
   mystifier, misinterpreter, puzzler, enigmatist, oedipus

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1. observer, commentatornoun

   an expert who observes and comments on something

   Synonyms:
   perceiver, observer, beholder, reviewer, percipient

2. commentator, reviewernoun

   a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day

   Synonyms:
   observer, reviewer, reader, referee

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1. • Expert
   • Writer

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1. commentatornoun

   Synonyms:
   annotator, expositor, writer of comments

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1. commentatornoun

   Synonyms:
   annotator, expositor, scholiast, glossarist, postillator

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1. List of paraphrases for "commentator":

   editorialist, columnist, critic, discussant, analyst, suspense

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How to use commentator in a sentence?

1. Karen Kasich:

   I was doing a radio interview and the commentator said,' Why don't you talk about God more ? You could get more votes,' like what, are you kidding me ? It doesn't work that way.

2. Costas Panagopoulos:

   To the extent that Giuliani will be involved in the game moving forward, it will be as a commentator or an analyst, in order to do that successfully these days, it helps to be controversial, sometimes inflammatory. I am not surprised that he has become increasingly forceful in his comments in the media. He is convinced that will help him.

3. Kate Delaney:

   And Kate Delaney, sports commentator and author strongly credits drugs and steroids for the loss of wrestlers through the years. Sadly its steroids fueled with alcohol addiction and sometimes completing the trifecta of abuse – drugs, chyna had a drug addiction many others do and Marc Siegel couple that with steroid abuse it's a lethal cocktail.

4. Bill Carter:

   I think Jimmy Fallon was not set out to be the political commentator comedian. Jimmy Fallon's an incredibly gifted comic, and that's why Jimmy Fallon was doing well at first, i think people liked the sort of feel-good aspect of The Tonight Show, but President Donald Trump overwhelmed that.

5. Yevgeny Kiselyov:

   If you are a political journalist, a commentator, and you take sides in this war, and I am taking Ukrainian side, well it involves certain risks.