farmer

[fahr-mer] / ˈfɑr mər /

NOUN

person who produces crops, raises animals

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grower laborer peasant producer rancher

STRONG

Reaper agriculturalist agriculturist agronomist breeder clodhopper cob cropper cultivator feeder gardener gleaner harvester homesteader horticulturist planter plower sharecropper sower tender tiller villein

WEAK

country person grazer hired hand

Example Sentences

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After a near fatality, he is saved by Carlos, a farmer and former combat medic battling his own trauma from the Mexican-American War.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Some—like the Shakespeare-reading New Hampshire farmer John Ordway and the Kentucky woodsmen Joseph and Reuben Field—were poor and bored and ready for adventure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

One farmer described fields ready to harvest but no diesel to bring the crops in.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

"But as a farmer, you can't trust the weather," she said.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

And in a single night, Roz became a farmer.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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