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farmers

NOUN

person who produces crops, raises animals

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grower laborer peasant producer rancher

STRONG

agriculturalist agriculturist agronomist breeder clodhopper cob cropper cultivator feeder gardener gleaner harvester homesteader horticulturist planter plower reaper sharecropper sower tender tiller villein

WEAK

country person grazer hired hand

Example Sentences

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Farmers have specific timing needs when it comes to fertilizer, she said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

"Farmers often expect immediate results and sometimes use only one type of biofertiliser, which limits effectiveness," he said.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Farmers in the Southern Hemisphere are disproportionately affected, given they are currently planting crops and have limited access to the credit or government support needed to buy fertilizer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

"We've been encouraged to reduce all the time by fencing cattle away from riverbanks, so they don't tread the banks and defecate in the river," said Henry Collins, of the Wylye Valley Farmers.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Farmers sailed in their imagination years and decades into the future.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari