color commentator

noun

At a sporting event, a member of the radio or television announcing team who assists a play-by-play announcer. Provides insight into strategy, player performance, background information, etc., and often light humor.

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Meanings

nouncolor commentator (plural color commentators)

plural color commentators · alternative colour commentator

  1. UShobbiesAt a sporting event, a member of the radio or television announcing team who assists a play-by-play announcer. Provides insight into strategy, player performance, background information, etc., and often light humor.

    Synonyms: color analyst, color announcer, colorcaster, summarizer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAt a sporting event, a member of the radio or television announcing team who assists a play-by-play announcer. Provides insight into strategy, player performance, background information, etc., and often light humor.

Similar
color analystcolor announcercolorcastersummarizer
Also see
color analystcolor announcercolour announcercolourmansummarizer

Origin

From color (“detail or flavour”) + commentator.

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APA

color commentator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20commentator

MLA

“color commentator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20commentator. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “color commentator,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20commentator.

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