comprehenders
People who understand
Those who comprehend—people who grasp or understand something.
The word appears in contexts distinguishing those who get it from those who don't: The film rewards patient comprehenders, skilled comprehenders extract meaning from difficult texts.
Common in educational and cognitive research discussing reading ability or information processing.
Those who judge quality
- examinersThose who scrutinize officially
- scrutinizersThose who examine closely
- investigatorsThose who examine facts
- assessorsThose who evaluate worth
reviewers · auditors · diagnosticians · researchers · inspectors · critics · observers · testers
Language conversion specialists
- decodersDevices that interpret ciphers
- clarifiersThings that explain further
- expositorsThose who explain texts
- signersThose who write names
mediators · commentators · cryptographers · linguists · subtitlers · dubbers · transcribers · polyglots
Those receiving instruction
- pupilsStudents or eye openings
- scholarsExperts in a field
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
- apprenticesNovices learning a craft
trainees · mentees · disciples · readers · neophytes · tutees · academics · undergraduates
Those who grasp meaning
- perceiversThose who notice
- graspersThings that hold tight
- knowersPeople possessing understanding
- discernersThose who perceive distinctions
Gathered viewers collectively
- eavesdroppersCovert listeners to others
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- audiophilesHigh-fidelity equipment enthusiasts
- attendersPeople at an event
hearers · receivers · followers · congregants
evaluators
Those who judge quality
- examinersThose who scrutinize officially
- scrutinizersThose who examine closely
- investigatorsThose who examine facts
assessors · reviewers · auditors · diagnosticians · researchers · inspectors · critics · observers · testers · checkers
translators
Language conversion specialists
- decodersDevices that interpret ciphers
- clarifiersThings that explain further
- expositorsThose who explain texts
signers · mediators · commentators · cryptographers · linguists · subtitlers · dubbers · transcribers · polyglots
students
Those receiving instruction
apprentices · trainees · mentees · disciples · readers · neophytes · tutees · academics · undergraduates · postgraduates
understanders
Those who grasp meaning
- perceiversThose who notice
- graspersThings that hold tight
- knowersPeople possessing understanding
audience
Gathered viewers collectively
- eavesdroppersCovert listeners to others
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- audiophilesHigh-fidelity equipment enthusiasts
attenders · hearers · receivers · followers · congregants
comprehenderscommunicators
Those who convey information
speakers · writers · explainers · producers · encoders