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
• 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
• ranchero

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of farmer

Traditional plant variety rights, the older system for protecting new crop varieties, still let farmers save seed from their own harvest for personal use. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

The organization highlighted careful monitoring, carried out with the farmers whose land the birds nested on, which allowed the nests to be fenced off from ground predators like foxes. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

Several said extending the pause was in the best interest of the county’s small farmers. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

But some cattle farmers, including those in Minnesota and Wisconsin, are furious. — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026