Synonyms of crop

crop 1 of 2

noun

ˈkräp 

1

as in harvest

the quantity of an animal or vegetable product gathered at the end of a season

the wheat crop is going to be exceptionally large this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• harvest
• yield
• return
• cutting
• cut

2

as in batch

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

the school's latest crop of graduates is its most academically gifted so far

Synonyms & Similar Words

• batch
• group
• grouping
• bunch
• band
• cluster
• lot
• crew
• team
• array
• battery
• party
• clutch
• body
• platoon
• gathering
• collective
• school
• parcel
• circle
• squadron
• constellation
• consort
• knot
• organization
• huddle
• battalion
• brigade
• gang
• passel
• round
• posse
• clique
• boodle
• congregation
• the whole kit and caboodle
• coterie
• set
• assembly
• task force
• clan
• faction
• guild
• ring
• sect
• bloc
• league
• union
• phalanx
• brood
• federation
• outfit
• coalition
• confederacy
• muster
• fellowship
• bevy
• alliance
• order
• covey
• confederation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single

crop

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verb

1

as in to grow

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care

a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grow
• cultivate
• produce
• harvest
• plant
• culture
• promote
• raise
• tend
• dress
• breed
• rear
• propagate
• sow
• reap
• gather
• sprout
• ripen
• glean
• root
• germinate
• quicken

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kill
• pick
• pull (up)
• cut
• hay
• dig
• pluck
• uproot
• extirpate
• mow

2

as in to shave

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument

grass cropped short by repeated grazing

cropped the painting to fit the frame

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shave
• cut
• trim
• clip
• prune
• mow
• shear
• dock
• cut back
• pare
• snip
• lop (off)
• bob
• poll
• nip
• whittle
• pinch
• stump
• shorten
• curtail
• manicure
• skive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extend
• lengthen
• elongate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crop

Noun

Canopy‘s modeling puts the available potential of four residues alone at roughly 245 million dry tons a year, and that is after leaving half of every straw crop on the field for soil health. — Kari Stoever, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026

The biggest indicator of what this might look like may just be a quick survey of how the new crop of Democratic senators have talked about climate and energy issues. — Justin Worland, Time, 6 Nov. 2026

Verb

Her disproportionately tiny head appears even more exaggeratedly small because of her lack of ears, which have been cropped closely to her head. — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Today, his hair cropped shorter and greying, Ingalbee notes that many of those towering, old growth trees, their bark cloaked in moss, have burned in recent wildfires. — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing crop

• cream of the crop
• crop (up)