discusser
One who talks
A discusser is someone who discusses—who engages in conversation or deliberation about a topic.
The word is straightforward but infrequent, since English usually prefers other constructions: The people discussing the proposal rather than the discussers of the proposal.
It appears occasionally in formal or academic contexts where a label for participants is needed.
Skilled speaker in dialogue
- talkerOne who speaks
- chatterLight, rapid speech
- interlocutorOne who converses
- communicatorOne who conveys messages
conferee · correspondent · collaborator · contributor · respondent · commenter · engager · participant
One who argues positions
- arguerOne who debates
- disputantOne who argues
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- polemicistAggressive debate writer
rhetorician · deliberator · cross-examiner · refuter · dialectician · contrarian · dissenter · opponent
One who examines systematically
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
- criticOne who judges merit
- examinerOne who evaluates officially
- reviewerOne who assesses work
interpreter · evaluator · explicator · expositor · annotator · assessor · theorist · scholar
conversationalist
Skilled speaker in dialogue
- talkerOne who speaks
- chatterLight, rapid speech
- interlocutorOne who converses
communicator · conferee · correspondent · collaborator · contributor · respondent · commenter · engager · participant · speaker
debater
One who argues positions
polemicist · rhetorician · deliberator · cross-examiner · refuter · dialectician · contrarian · dissenter · opponent · proponent
analyst
One who examines systematically
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
- criticOne who judges merit
- examinerOne who evaluates officially
reviewer · interpreter · evaluator · explicator · expositor · annotator · assessor · theorist · scholar · pundit
discusserwallflower
Shy person avoiding socializing
bystander · abstainer · mute · withholder · onlooker
- end of discussionTermination of argument
- up for discussion
- discussion groupsOrganized talking sessions
- panel discussionOrganized multi-speaker talk
- class discussionStudents debating course material
- discussion boardOnline conversation platform
discuss, discussion, discussing, discussed, discussions, discusses, panel discussion, undiscussed, discussant