Word Meanings - COMMENTATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator. The commentator's professed object is to explain, to enforce, to illustrate doctrines claimed as true. Whewell.

Related words: (words related to COMMENTATOR)

• PROFESSORY
  Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon.
• PROFESSORIALISM
  The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
• OBJECTIVENESS
  Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale
• PROFESSORIAT
  See PROFESSORIATE
• OBJECTIST
  One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.
• OBJECT
  before, to oppose; ob + jacere to throw: cf. objecter. See 1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. Fairfax. Some strong
• PROFESSEDLY
  By profession.
• OBJECTIVATE
  To objectify.
• EXPLAIN
  out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear
• PROFESS
  or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to profess; pro before, 1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely. "Hear me profess sincerely." Shak.
• PROFESSOR
  1. One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church. "Professors
• PROFESSORSHIP
  The office or position of a professor, or public teacher. Walton.
• OBJECTLESS
  Having no object; purposeless.
• ANNOTATOR
  A writer of annotations; a commentator.
• CLAIMABLE
  Capable of being claimed.
• OBJECTIVITY
  The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective. The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested objectivity have disappeared . M. Arnold.
• EXPOSITOR
  One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a commentator. Bp. Horsley.
• PROFESSIONALISM
  The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; - - opposed to Ant: amateurism.
• ENFORCED
  Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." Shak. -- En*for"ced*ly, adv. Shak.
• COMMENTATORSHIP
  The office or occupation of a commentator.
• RECLAIMABLE
  That may be reclaimed.
• RECLAIMER
  One who reclaims.
• ACCLAIM
  1. To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train." Thomson. 2. To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett. 3. To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
• REENFORCE
  To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reënforce an argument; to reënforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet.
• DISPROFESS
  To renounce the profession or pursuit of. His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess. Spenser.
• NONPROFESSIONAL
  Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.
• RECLAIM
  To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of. A tract of land snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe.
• NONCLAIM
  A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.