querier

One who asks

A querier is someone who queries—asks questions or makes inquiries.

The term appears most often in technical contexts, where a querier is a system or user that sends requests to a database or search engine: The querier submitted a complex SQL statement.

In general usage, questioner or inquirer are more common.

person

questioner

One who poses inquiries

petitioner · interviewer · examiner · investigator · researcher · analyst · surveyor · pollster · journalist · reporter

investigation

detective

Professional crime investigator

prober · investigator · cross-examiner · fact-finder · forensic · evidence · clues · deduction · scrutiny · testimony

database

SQL

Database manipulation language

database · syntax · parameters · results · indexing · filter · optimization · keywords · engine · algorithm

curiosity

inquisitiveness

Eager desire to learn

eagerness · exploration · discovery · learning · seeking · probing · questioning · skepticism · doubt · pursuit

Categories
Opposites
information exchange role

querierrespondent

One who gives answers

answerer · responder · replier · informant · oracle

Family

queries, queried

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