agrarian

¹agrar·i·an

adj \ə-ˈgrer-ē-ən\

Definition of AGRARIAN

1

: of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure

2

a : of, relating to, or characteristic of farmers or their way of life <agrarian values> b : organized or designed to promote agricultural interests

Examples of AGRARIAN

1. a town founded in 1811 as an agrarian community

Origin of AGRARIAN

Latin agrarius, from agr-, ager field — more at acre

First Known Use: 1600

Related to AGRARIAN

Synonyms: agricultural, farming

Antonyms: nonagricultural

Related Words: agronomic, arable [British], monocultural; bucolic, georgic, pastoral, pastoralist; garden; aquacultural, arboricultural; country, rural, rustic (also rustical), villatic

Near Antonyms: metro, metropolitan, urban; industrial, industrialized

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Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, potash, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall

Rhymes with AGRARIAN

Aquarian, barbarian, Bavarian, Bulgarian, Canarian, Cancerian, cesarean, cnidarian, contrarian, grammarian, Hungarian, librarian, Maid Marian, ovarian, riparian, rosarian, Rotarian, sectarian, Sumerian, Tartarean, Tartarian, Tocharian, Tractarian, Wagnerian