blogger

blogger — noun

1. someone who runs a blog and adds new posts regularly so readers can follow that

1.nounB1
Definition

someone who runs a blog and adds new posts regularly so readers can follow that person's ideas, experiences, or advice online.

Example

Aiko became a food blogger after posting photos of her night-market meals.

compound noun: food blogger

The travel blogger wrote about cheap hostels near the old station in Prague.

topic modifier: travel blogger

Common collocations
  • food blogger
  • travel blogger
  • fashion blogger
  • lifestyle blogger
Synonyms
  • writer

    broader; does not say the writing is published on a blog

  • vlogger

    uses video as the main form instead of written posts

  • influencer

    focuses on online reach and effect on followers, not specifically on blog writing

  • columnist

    usually writes for a newspaper, magazine, or news site rather than a personal blog

Antonyms
  • reader

    the person who reads the posts instead of writing them

Grammar Patterns

food / travel / fashion blogger

blogger who writes about [topic]

Usage Note

Often preceded by the topic area, as in 'food blogger' or 'travel blogger'. The noun usually suggests regular posting over time, not someone who made one website post once.

Common Mistakes

She is a blogger in fashion.
She is a fashion blogger.
English usually puts the topic before 'blogger', not after 'in'.

Word family

Synonym discussion

Sense: noun/1

A blogger regularly publishes posts on a blog, usually under a personal name or brand. Writer is much broader and does not tell you where the writing appears, so a novelist or reporter can be a writer without being a blogger. Vlogger is specifically for video posts rather than written ones. Influencer focuses on audience reach and the power to affect taste or buying choices; many influencers use short-form social media more than blogs. Columnist usually writes for a newspaper, magazine, or news website, not a personal site. If Leila posts weekly book reviews on her own website, she is a blogger. If Tariq mainly uploads travel videos, vlogger fits better.

writer ↗vloggerinfluencercolumnist ↗

Common collocations

Nouns

  • food blogger
  • travel blogger
  • fashion blogger
  • lifestyle blogger

Phrases

  • become a blogger
  • follow a blogger
  • read a blogger's post

Prepositions

Etymology

English

Formed in modern English from blog plus the ending -er, which names a person connected with an activity. The base word blog came from weblog, a term that became common when personal writing on the internet spread in the late 1990s.