CROPS Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

crops 1 of 2

noun

plural of crop

as in harvests

the quantity of an animal or vegetable product gathered at the end of a season the wheat crop is going to be exceptionally large this year

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Relevance

as in groups

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit the school's latest crop of graduates is its most academically gifted so far

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crops

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of crop

as in grows

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations

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as in shaves

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument grass cropped short by repeated grazing cropped the painting to fit the frame

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Recent Examples of crops

Noun

Just as many were making decisions about their crops, fertilizer prices soared, peaking in April at 44% higher than before the war, according to the World Bank’s price index. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 Conventional fungicides like chlorothalonil (Daconil) and others are labeled for specific crops and diseases. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026 Farmers are reluctant to plant John Boelts grows vegetables, melons, durum wheat and other crops in Yuma, Arizona — a region that produces about 90% of leafy greens eaten in North America during the winter. — Wufei Yu, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 Among them is Elephant Butte Lake in New Mexico that’s critical for supplying water for crops in southern New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. — Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 But the forces driving recent rallies for these two crops are notably different. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 The crops don’t magically spring from the ground because someone has watched a YouTube video about regenerative agriculture. — Solitaire Townsend, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 These crops have fewer pests, or where needed, they can be picked off or treated with natural insecticides. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 At times of year when those crops can’t grow in colder parts of the country, Yuma County, Arizona, and Imperial County, California, are key suppliers of vegetables. — Sarah Porter, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Verb

Scrolling through Reddit and X feels claustrophobic because the screen aggressively crops out so much content. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026 When a user uploads a photo, the algorithm locates the bee, crops the image and compares it to our database. — Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crops

Noun

In response, some farmers trimmed their fertilizer use, potentially imperiling next year’s harvests.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Three winemakers earlier this month filed suit against the owner of Hundred Acre Wines, Jayson Woodbridge, and his company alleging that smoke from the wildfire ruined their harvests, the Press Democrat reported.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of harvests

Noun

El-Sayed dismissed a potential fundraising gap in the race, which could occur if donors were pushed towards Rogers or if outside groups like AIPAC intervened on Rogers’ behalf.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Wednesday’s State Department announcement also traced the collective to leftist groups across Europe that posted materials about their attacks on rail and energy infrastructure.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of groups

Verb

To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
In 1840, shade-loving Croomia, which cultivates flowers on the underside of its leaves, was included as a native species.

— Candace Barone, Florida Times-Union, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of cultivates

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To make things easier, Instagram rolled out a new First Draft tool on Tuesday that automatically trims your clips and prepares them for the next stage of the editing process.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Sovereign-adjacent platforms in Australia, private credit desks, insurance capital, and trading firms are now funding compute demand that exists whether or not any single hyperscaler trims its budget.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of trims

Noun

That transition will test whether the startup’s manufacturing-first approach can work outside prototypes and small test batches.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Working in batches as necessary so as not to overcrowd the pan, add the chicken and cook until golden-brown on both sides, 2 to 3 minutes per side.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026