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

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farmers

Now fishermen, insurers and farmers are paying for it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Solar is exploding in the Central Valley as drought-stressed farmers look to alternatives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The Northern Hemisphere is entering harvest season, when farmers consume large quantities of diesel to run tractors and other machinery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Fiona hopes the measure is enough to keep cases contained, but she knows that farmers will be taking a hit.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

These are the descendants of the fifteen million original inhabitants of the land, the majority of whom were farmers who lived in towns.

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