| comment | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. comment, input, remark | a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information.; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" |
| ~ 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 remark. |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ gambit, ploy | an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker. |
| ~ obiter dictum, passing comment | an incidental remark. |
| ~ mention, reference | a remark that calls attention to something or someone.; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife" |
| ~ observation, reflexion, reflection | a remark expressing careful consideration. |
| ~ rib | a teasing remark. |
| ~ sally, wisecrack, quip, crack | witty remark. |
| ~ barb, gibe, jibe, dig, shaft, slam, shot | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" |
| ~ conversation stopper, stopper | a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply. |
| ~ banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude, bromide | a trite or obvious remark. |
| ~ zinger | a striking or amusing or caustic remark.; "he always greeted me with a new zinger"; "she tried to think of some killer of an argument, a real zinger that would disarm all opposition" |
| n. (communication) | 2. comment, commentary | 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" |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ annotation, notation, note | a comment or instruction (usually added).; "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" |
| n. (communication) | 3. comment, gossip, scuttlebutt | a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.; "the divorce caused much gossip" |
| ~ report, account | the act of informing by verbal report.; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple" |
| ~ earful | an outpouring of gossip. |
| ~ hearsay, rumor, rumour | gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth. |
| ~ grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth | 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. |
| ~ talk of the town, talk | idle gossip or rumor.; "there has been talk about you lately" |
| v. (communication) | 4. comment, notice, point out, remark | make or write a comment on.; "he commented the paper of his colleague" |
| ~ criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws.; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
| ~ note, remark, mention, observe | make mention of.; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" |
| ~ wisecrack | make a comment, usually ironic. |
| ~ kibbitz, kibitz | make unwanted and intrusive comments. |
| v. (communication) | 5. comment | explain or interpret something. |
| ~ second-guess | evaluate or criticize with hindsight. |
| ~ explain, explicate | make plain and comprehensible.; "He explained the laws of physics to his students" |
| ~ disc-jockey, disk-jockey, dj | comment on music to be played.; "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend" |
| v. (communication) | 6. annotate, comment, gloss | provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases.; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" |
| ~ rede, interpret | give an interpretation or explanation to. |
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