agricultural

adjective

ag·​ri·​cul·​tur·​al ˌa-gri-ˈkəl-ch(ə-)rəl 

: of, relating to, used in, or concerned with agriculture

agriculturally adverb

Synonyms

• agrarian

Examples of agricultural in a Sentence

the state's main agricultural product

he grew up in an agricultural community and farming was still in his blood

Recent Examples on the Web

The emergency commodity assistance program provides payments to agricultural producers for eligible crops like rice, cotton and sorghum to help mitigate the effects of higher production costs and lower commodity prices. —Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025

The African Growth and Opportunity Act has allowed dozens of countries in sub-Saharan Africa duty-free access to the US market for certain products including fuel, agricultural goods, and textiles. —Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025

Soybean farmers told Fortune the ongoing trade nightmare is a flashback to Trump’s 2018 and 2019 trade war with China, when farmers lost $27 billion in agricultural exports. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025

Though not explicitly a text on permaculture, Mycelium Running is an excellent book about the power of fungi in agricultural restoration and in both planetary and human health. —Catherine Habgood september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing agricultural

• pre-agricultural

Rhymes for agricultural

• countercultural
• horticultural
• intercultural
• multicultural
• silvicultural
• viticultural
• bicultural
• subcultural
• transcultural
• cultural
• nonagricultural
• sociocultural

Kids Definition

agricultural

adjective

ag·​ri·​cul·​tur·​al ˌag-ri-ˈkəlch-(ə-)rəl 

1

: of, relating to, or used in agriculture

agricultural machinery

2

: engaged in or concerned with agriculture

an agricultural society

agriculturally

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adverb