submitters
Those who apply
Submitters is the plural of submitter—people who submit something.
The word appears most often in contexts involving formal processes: submitters of grant proposals, submitters of insurance claims, submitters of creative work to publications.
In online contexts, submitters post content to platforms or forums: The submitters to this subreddit must follow community guidelines.
Those who organize documents
- petitionersThose making formal requests
- applicantsThose seeking acceptance
- registrantsThose officially signed up
- declarantsThose who formally announce
claimants · appellants · respondents · signatories · licensees
Those seeking acceptance
- entrantsThose who join in
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- contestantsCompetition participants
- competitorsThose seeking same goal
participants · registrants · aspirants · hopefuls · nominees · auditioners · finalists · qualifiers
Those who transmit data
- postersPrinted wall advertisements
- content creatorsPeople making online media
- commentersThose who offer remarks
- reviewersThose who assess work
Text composition professionals
- authorsCreators of written works
- contributorsThose who give help
- artistsMakers of creative works
- filmmakersMotion picture creators
poets · playwrights · screenwriters · photographers · illustrators · composers · essayists · storytellers
Those who study systematically
- authorsCreators of written works
- scholarsExperts in a field
- scientistsSystematic knowledge seekers
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
theorists · analysts · investigators · doctoral candidates · peer reviewers · postdocs · faculty · graduate students
filers
Those who organize documents
- petitionersThose making formal requests
- applicantsThose seeking acceptance
- registrantsThose officially signed up
declarants · claimants · appellants · respondents · signatories · licensees
applicants
Those seeking acceptance
- entrantsThose who join in
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- contestantsCompetition participants
competitors · participants · registrants · aspirants · hopefuls · nominees · auditioners · finalists · qualifiers · challengers
uploaders
Those who transmit data
- postersPrinted wall advertisements
- content creatorsPeople making online media
- commentersThose who offer remarks
writers
Text composition professionals
- authorsCreators of written works
- contributorsThose who give help
- artistsMakers of creative works
filmmakers · poets · playwrights · screenwriters · photographers · illustrators · composers · essayists · storytellers · novelists
researchers
Those who study systematically
- authorsCreators of written works
- scholarsExperts in a field
- scientistsSystematic knowledge seekers
professors · theorists · analysts · investigators · doctoral candidates · peer reviewers · postdocs · faculty · graduate students · research assistants
submittersreviewers
Those who assess work
evaluators · judges · gatekeepers · assessors · editors
submittersdominators
Those who rule completely
commanders · controllers · masters · rulers · authorities