recommender

One who suggests

A recommender is a person or system that suggests something worth considering.

In everyday use, someone who recommends a restaurant or job candidate is a recommender.

The term appears most often in technology contexts, where a recommender system or recommender engine analyzes user behavior to suggest products, content, or connections: Netflix's recommender keeps pushing true crime documentaries at me.

personalization

preferences

Favored options among alternatives

user-centric · context-aware · browsing history · engagement · adaptation · feedback loop · interests · demographic · segmentation · onboarding

retrieval

search

Act of seeking

relevance · matching · indexing · discovery · results · recall · precision · keyword · metadata · browse

suggestion

proposal

Formal plan for consideration

  • tipEnd or gratuity
  • pickPointed breaking tool
  • for youPhrase marking a gift

top picks · suggested · curated list · discovery · playlist · reading list · watchlist · queue · next up · handpicked

algorithm

machine learning

Algorithms that improve from data

algorithmic bias · embedding · training data · model · factorization

platform

Netflix

Subscription streaming service

TikTok · Goodreads · Pinterest · Pandora · Yelp · Airbnb · LinkedIn · app store · news feed · social media

prediction

forecast

Prediction of future conditions

propensity · likelihood · scoring · predictive model · intent · probability · projection · expected · anticipated

Categories
Opposites
evaluation stance

recommendercritic

One who judges merit

detractor · disparager · denouncer · panner · knocker

advocacy role

recommenderdissuader

One who advises against

opponent · objector · opposer · discourager · adversary

Phrases
Family

recommend, recommended, recommendation, recommending, recommends, unrecommended, recommenders

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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