praiser

A praiser is a person who expresses praise, approval, or admiration for someone or something. The term denotes the agent of praising and is formed by adding the -er suffix to the verb praise, following standard patterns for agent nouns in English. In everyday usage, a praiser might compliment a colleague’s work or celebrate a local achievement; the word carries a neutral tone but can sound formal or slightly old-fashioned in casual speech.

In religious and liturgical contexts, the term often describes participants in praise and worship. A church praiser may be part of a worship team or choir and focus on vocal or spoken expressions of praise to the divine. In these settings, the praiser participates alongside musicians and congregants to convey reverence and gratitude through song, prayer, or proclamation.

In literary and critical contexts, praiser serves to identify someone who extols a subject. However, it is more common in modern writing to use phrases like “one who praises” or adjectives such as laudatory, rather than relying on the standalone noun praiser.

Related terms include praise, laudation, and laudator (a formal term for one who praises), as well as more general synonyms like admirer or advocate. The word remains relatively rare in contemporary casual speech and is often found in formal, descriptive, or evaluative discourse.