Noun
comment -
a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"
commentary
statement a document showing credits and debits
midrash (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text
comment -
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"
remark ,
input
statement a document showing credits and debits
ad-lib remark made spontaneously without prior preparation; "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"
courtesy a courteous or respectful or considerate act
ploy ,
gambit a maneuver in a game or conversation
passing comment ,
obiter dictum an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
mention ,
reference an official recognition of merit; "although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention"
observation ,
reflexion ,
reflection the act of observing; taking a patient look
rib support resembling the rib of an animal
wisecrack ,
quip ,
sally ,
crack witty remark
gibe ,
jibe ,
barb ,
slam ,
dig ,
shaft ,
shot one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
conversation stopper ,
stopper a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
banality ,
cliche ,
commonplace ,
platitude ,
bromide a trite or obvious remark
comment -
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
gossip ,
scuttlebutt
report ,
account a short account of the news; "the report of his speech" ; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news" ; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
earful an outpouring of gossip
hearsay ,
rumor ,
rumour gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
word of mouth ,
grapevine ,
pipeline gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"
malicious gossip ,
scandal ,
dirt disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
Verb
comment -
make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"
notice ,
remark ,
point out
remark ,
mention ,
note ,
observe commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"
pick apart ,
criticise ,
criticize ,
knock act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"
wisecrack make a comment, usually ironic
kibbitz ,
kibitz make unwanted and intrusive comments
comment -
explain or interpret something
explicate ,
explain elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
second-guess evaluate or criticize with hindsight
disc-jockey ,
disk-jockey ,
dj comment on music to be played; "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend"
comment -
provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written"
gloss ,
annotate
rede ,
interpret give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students" ; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
