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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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

Soon, she began selling their raw honey at local farmers markets.

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

It was a cheap publication, aimed at minor gentlemen and farmers, the sort of thing that is used for lighting fires once it becomes obviously outdated.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton