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crop

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of crop

1 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 of crop

harvest
Words Related to crop

return, yield

cut, cutting
2 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 of crop

array, band, batch, battery, body, boodle, bunch, cluster, clutch, consort, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, parcel, party, passel
Words Related to crop

assembly, collective, congregation, gathering, muster, organization

circle, clan, clique, coterie, fellowship, gang, ring, round, set

faction, guild (also gild), order, school, sect

brigade, crew, outfit, phalanx, platoon, posse, task force, team

alliance, bloc, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, union

battalion, squadron

bevy, brood, covey
Phrases Synonymous with crop

the whole kit and caboodle
Near Antonyms of crop

individual, single

crop

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of crop

1 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 of crop

cultivate, culture, dress, grow, promote, raise, rear, tend
Words Related to crop

breed, produce, propagate

plant, sow

gather, glean, harvest, reap

germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sprout
Near Antonyms of crop

kill

dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot

cut, hay, mow
2 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 of crop

bob, clip, cut, cut back, dock, lop (off), nip, pare, poll, prune, shave, shear, snip, trim
Words Related to crop

skive, whittle

manicure, mow

pinch, stump

curtail, shorten
Near Antonyms of crop

elongate, extend, lengthen

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