Synonyms of farmer

farmer

noun

ˈfär-mər 

as in cultivator

a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it

a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultivator
• agriculturalist
• harvester
• grower
• agriculturist
• planter
• agronomist
• tiller
• rancher
• reaper
• farmhand
• plowman
• homesteader
• sharecropper
• gleaner
• yeoman
• tenant farmer
• gentleman farmer
• cropper
• crofter
• field hand
• subsistence farmer
• ranchman
• campesino
• nester
• granger
• workfolk
• workfolks
• ranchero

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonfarmer

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of farmer

During its first term, the Trump administration pushed California to increase water pumping from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to support farmers and southern residents. —Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025

And the bank lobby came out in full force, running television ads featuring farmers and distressed grocery shoppers. —Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025

Listen to this article Loading your audio article All five past, present and future presidents gathered Thursday at an inspirational state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the famously folksy peanut farmer who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to become the 39th commander-in-chief. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025

Eulogies will probably dwell on a humble peanut farmer turned president, a tireless humanitarian, a striving and sometimes flawed man. —Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025