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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“There’s so much opportunity here. When I go to a farmers market, I never know who I’ll meet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

In a remote province of northeastern Afghanistan, women farmers are playing a vital role in their community's survival among the snow-capped mountains.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

“We also understand the difficulties that agriculture businesses and farmers encounter in the summer season…The harvest depends on this.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

The most popular are the small birthday candles shaped like raspberries, cherries and blackberries, packed in molded-pulp baskets just like you’d find at the grocery store or farmers market.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

Don’t you ever worry that kids might not grow up to be farmers anymore, or that even if they do, they won’t buy your special chickens because you won’t even write back?

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones