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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“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

The most popular are the small birthday candles shaped like raspberries, cherries and blackberries, packed in molded-pulp baskets just like you’d find at the grocery store or farmers market.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

The monsoon season continues until September, leaving time for rainfall to recover and farmers to make up some of the delayed sowing.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

Najia, who requested her surname not be used for privacy reasons, agreed local farmers need more tools as well as opportunities to trade.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

Rather than heralding a new era of easy living, the Agricultural Revolution left farmers with lives generally more difficult and less satisfying than those of foragers.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari