Synonyms of agronomists

agronomists

noun

plural of agronomist

as in farmers

a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it

went from being a simple soybean farmer to an agronomist specializing in soil management

Synonyms & Similar Words

• farmers
• growers
• cultivators
• agriculturists
• planters
• tillers
• farmhands
• harvesters
• plowmen
• reapers
• gleaners
• croppers
• sharecroppers
• tenant farmers
• homesteaders
• ranchers
• field hands
• yeomen
• subsistence farmers
• gentlemen farmers
• campesinos
• ranchmen
• crofters
• grangers
• nesters
• workfolks
• rancheros

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonfarmers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of agronomists

Around the middle of the century, agronomists also developed high-yield, fast-growing varieties of staple crops like wheat and rice in what is known as the Green Revolution. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Their wider ecosystem includes field workers, seasonal workers, input suppliers, agronomists, university researchers, local traders and ginners. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

Elsewhere in Kigali, a group of young agronomists are training farmers to adopt technologies such as hydroponics to maximize productivity, using water instead of soil. — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026

Cattle were raised, and various crops (including corn [maize] and cotton) were grown with the assistance of agronomists. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026

Oktyabr Dospanov, curator of the Nukus Museum of Art’s archaeology department, explained that rice cultivation in Karakalpakstan took off in the 1960s, when Soviet agronomists introduced it as a salt-tolerant crop for the area’s saline soil. — Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026

All 11 stadiums — even the four that play NFL football on natural grass — will bring in special sod carefully crafted by agronomists and approved by FIFA. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026

There are humans in the cabin of the combine - mostly agronomists who study the operations and yield, and use this information to optimize seeding plans for next season. — Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

The charity’s agronomists predict that one kit, properly tended, can yield up to two hundred pounds of produce in a single season, enough to supplement the diets of a family of four. — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025