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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But with temperatures now rising above 30C, Sharon Angoli has had to restrict irrigation and like other farmers fears a repeat of a devastating drought in 2022.

From Barron's • Jul. 4, 2026

But this year there was not enough spring rain and its rice farmers are despondent.

From Barron's • Jul. 4, 2026

Millions of farmers rely on seasonal monsoon rains to sow their crops and a shortfall or delay significantly affects their output.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

The company is the largest seller of pesticides in the U.S. and a major supplier of crop seeds, competing with Corteva and Bayer to sell farmers the supplies they need.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

In the early 1600s, the British seized a half-million acres from Irish farmers, drove them from their lands, and opened those lands to settlers who would be under English protection.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz