cultivator

cul·ti·va·tor

noun \ˈkəl-tə-ˌvā-tər\

Definition of CULTIVATOR

: one that cultivates; especially : an implement for loosening the soil while crops are growing

Examples of CULTIVATOR

1. <encountered an indigenous people who were experienced cultivators of the soil as well as highly skilled craftsmen>

First Known Use of CULTIVATOR

1665

Related to CULTIVATOR

Synonyms: agriculturist (or agriculturalist), agronomist, farmer, grower, planter, tiller

Antonyms: nonfarmer

Related Words: farmhand, field hand, gleaner, harvester, plowman, reaper; workfolk (or workfolks); crofter [chiefly British], cropper, gentleman farmer, sharecropper, subsistence farmer, tenant farmer, yeoman; homesteader, nester [West]; granger; rancher, ranchero, ranchman; campesino

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Rhymes with CULTIVATOR

abdicator, abnegator, activator, actuator, adulator, advocator, agitator, alligator, allocator, animator, annotator, applicator, arbitrator, aspirator, aviator, brachiator, buccinator, calculator, calibrator, captivator, carburetor, castigator, circulator, commentator, commutator, compensator, compurgator, concentrator, confiscator, congregator, consecrator, consummator, contemplator, corporator, correlator, decorator, defalcator, delegator, demonstrator, denigrator, depredator, desecrater, designator, detonator, deviator, dissipater, dominator, dura mater, educator, elevator, emulator, escalator, estimator, excavator, explicator, expurgator, extirpator, fabricator, fascinator, figure skater, flocculator, formulator, fornicator, fractionator, fumigator, generator, gladiator, hesitater, hibernator, imitator, immolator, impregnator, incubator, indicator, infiltrator, in-line skater, innovator, inhalator, inspirator, instigator, insulator, integrator, lacrimator, liberator, liquidator, literator, lubricator, macerator, masticator, mediator, mitigator, moderator, modulator, motivator, mutilator, navigator, nomenclator, nominator, numerator, obturator, operator, orchestrator, oscillator, peculator, percolator, perforator, perpetrator, pia mater, pollinator, postulator, procreator, procurator, promulgator, propagator, punctuator, radiator, re-creator, remonstrator, renovator, resonator, respirator, revelator, roller skater, rubricator, rusticator, salivator, second-rater, selling-plater, separator, simulator, stimulator, subjugator, Sunset Crater, syncopator, syndicator, tabulator, terminator, vaccinator, vacillator, valuator, venerator, ventilator, vindicator, violator, vitiator