CROFTER Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

crofter

noun

Definition of crofter

chiefly British

as in sharecropper

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nonfarmer

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Recent Examples of crofter The renovated 19th-century crofter’s house puts sea views front and center, with Nordic interiors to complement the serene setting. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025 His eight-course menu was off-the-scale scrumptious, and made all the more so by eating it inside the single-story, simple crofter’s farmhouse, carpeted with straw, and lit with tea lights and candles in wall nooks. — Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Frazier was a Black sharecropper’s son who’d overcome much hardship, and the insults stung.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
Her father was an illiterate sharecropper whose 12 children shared a one-room cabin with no running water or electricity.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of sharecropper

Noun

Jones turned in a yeoman's effort, going 22-35 for 155 passing yards and two touchdowns while also keeping the Longhorn defense honest with his legs.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The early Robin Hood was no polished folk hero, Jones says, but a violent, devout yeoman pushed to society’s edge by corrupt officials.

— JP Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of yeoman

Noun

The strike ended in July 1970 with victory for thousands of Mexican American and Filipino American farmworkers, who reached a collective bargaining agreement with major grape growers.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Providing education for cotton growers, WWF-Türkiye created a guide for optimizing water and soil management.

— Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of grower

Noun

Separate areas for lounging, dining and a drinks station, anchored by rugs, planter clusters or furniture changes, will become the default design brief.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
Think about privacy with fencing, tall planters, bamboo screens or outdoor curtains, and factor in noise, drainage and level ground for anything with real weight like tubs or saunas.

— Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of planter

Noun

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, 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

Definition of agriculturist

Noun

But among their best qualities, Dick Riordan was arrogantly confident, Jim Hahn had a steady hand on the tiller, Antonio Villaraigosa was tireless and passionate, Eric Garcetti was a long-range thinker on earthquakes, water and energy.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Many electric tillers struggle to till new, hard soil, but the best and strongest should be able to manage it, albeit slowly.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of tiller

Noun

But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangsters to somehow beat the reaper.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
In one scene, a pair of revellers dance naked just outside the fence of the Calvary Cemetery, thumbing their noses at the reaper while the Manhattan skyline towers in the distance.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of reaper

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