FARMERS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

farmers

noun

plural of farmer

as in cultivators

a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations

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Recent Examples of farmers In 2025, California passed Japan as the world’s fourth largest economy with farmers representing a large part of that milestone. — Jonathan Destler, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Canadian officials, recognizing that, included several billion dollars in aid for their farmers in announcing the tariff plan. — Jayash Paudel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 The fertilizer shortage has raised prices, affecting farmers and food production. — George Petras, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Between 1935 and 1942, federal nurseries distributed over 85 million kudzu seedlings to Southern landowners, and the government offered farmers up to $8 per acre to plant the vine on their land. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026 Pérez said in a phone interview that Puerto Rican farmers who work in hydroponics and grow vegetables in soil are among the most affected. — Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The news was heartbreaking for the farmers and for customers like Jennifer Wagley-Eathorne, who said she’s enjoyed produce from the stand for years. — Haley Parsley august 26, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Golden mussels can eradicate fish populations and erode delta habitats, and California farmers could lose their water. — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Stamy and other farmers NPR spoke to for this story say the cost of keeping a farm running — including fertilizer and diesel fuel for farm equipment — has risen sharply. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmers

Noun

Cut, trim and prune with loppers, shears, snips and more, dig and weed with scoops, trowels, weeders and more and take and cultivate with cultivators and rakes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
This scientific understanding is enabling cultivators to engineer diverse, less pungent strains and driving innovation in discreet, low-odor products like edibles and vapes.

— Peter Su, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of cultivators

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In May, officials in Kern County alone also reported a 42% loss in cherry production this year due to a hot stretch in March followed by April rain accounting for a total loss of more than $13 million for growers.

— Jonathan Destler, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Some indoor farms do not have bees, and growers pay workers to pollinate flowers by hand.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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