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

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farmers

Ahead of possible storms, farmers and managers of irrigation districts are discussing where they’ll put all the water if it comes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

In other words, said the suit, “America’s dairy farmers funded research to study hypothetically eliminating their livelihood.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But individual farmers as well as more than a dozen associations that represent growers, agricultural retailers and firms that spray pesticides have voiced opposition to the changes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Millions of lettuces are set to be wasted as farmers are grappling with a record outbreak of aphids that has devastated the end of their growing season.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Grandpa laughed and said, “Oh, I don’t think anything like that’s going to happen. You wouldn’t sound half as bad talking to a monkey as some of these farmers do talking to their mules.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls