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

“While positive, leverage remains high for a business with volatile earnings, and we would like to see more evidence of stabilization in crop-protection markets given pressured farmer profitability,” Jefferies says.

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 the farmer who runs the outfit is obsessed with something else: the soaring price of fuel.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

And she finished her first day as a farmer by scrubbing herself with soap and water.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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