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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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Alresford became the centre of the watercress industry in 1865, when the rail line to the Georgian town opened, enabling farmers to get their leaves to market in Covent Garden.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

They must either absorb the costs of unnecessary regulation—which means less investment for system upgrades—or pass them along to customers, which include energy companies, farmers and retailers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Increased prices for food ingredients and fertilizers are still pushing up costs for traders, farmers and consumers leading to a "vicious circle" fuelling a "cost-of-living crisis", a cheesemonger said.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Deere DE -2.18%decrease; red down pointing triangle has spent years in the crosshairs of farmers who have demanded easier ways to fix their own equipment or get it repaired by an independent mechanic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

With their valley and crops flooded, the farmers instantly became “the water refugees,” forced to give up their land with little or no compensation from the government.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French