reviewer

[ ri-vyoo-er ]

noun

1. a person who reviews.
2. a person who reviews books, plays, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reviewer¹

First recorded in 1605–15; review + -er ¹

Example Sentences

A week after the 7 October attacks, the government's independent reviewer of terrorism warned speeches at pro-Palestinian rallies in the UK might have glorified terrorism.

From BBC

Players and reviewers also had complaints about the menu system used to select echoes during the game.

From BBC

A business owner has been praised for calling out an online reviewer's inappropriate comment about a female delivery driver.

From BBC

The latter drew a flood of scathing reviews of the family’s auto repair shop — “Worst car care Ive been to,” one Yelp reviewer wrote online — in a purposeful left-wing campaign of retribution.

From Los Angeles Times

"Don’t be fooled by how tedious the premise of finding a new Pope might sound on paper," advised the AV Club's reviewer Tomris Laffly.

From BBC

Related Words

• analyst
• appraiser
• commentator
• connoisseur
• expert
• reporter