Synonyms of agriculturist

agriculturist

noun

variants or agriculturalist

as in farmer

a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it

agriculturists who adhere to the organization's standards of organic farming

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of agriculturist

After all, from 1773 to 1775, more than thirty-five thousand agriculturalist peasants made war against Russia, in what is commonly referred to as Pugachev’s Rebellion, after the name of its leader. — Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026

LaRue was a prominent agriculturalist and state legislator, while his son, Jacob Eugene LaRue, was active in efforts to bring University State Farm, the predecessor to UC Davis, to what was then known as Davisville. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026

According to Mason Huddleston, an urban agriculturalist at Oklahoma State University Extension, one of the plant’s most distinguishing features is its smooth, hollow stem, marked with purple or reddish-purple spots. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026

Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026

Harvesting, usage, and benefits The type of rooibos predominantly cultivated by the tea industry is the Cederberg region’s Nortier (sometimes called Nortieria), named for the man credited with kick-starting the rooibos tea industry, South African agriculturalist Pieter le Fras Nortier. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026

Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026

Native to Southeast Asia, camellias first made their way to California during the Gold Rush, when agriculturist James Lloyd Lafayette Franklin Warren brought seeds from Boston. — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026