CROPS Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

crops 1 of 2

noun

plural of crop

as in harvests

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

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Relevance

as in groups

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit the school's latest crop of graduates is its most academically gifted so far

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crops

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of crop

as in grows

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

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as in shaves

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

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Recent Examples of crops

Noun

Farmers facing restrictions on irrigating their crops are warning of smaller fruit harvests and rising prices this season. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026 Despite Han Solo's protestations to the contrary, travelling faster than light on screen is usually just as straightforward as dusting crops. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Start early to train tomatoes and many vining crops to stakes or trellises. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026 The nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak has forced some American farmers to throw out their entire lettuce crops, according to a report. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Dee’s family had been farming in Michigan for generations, raising dairy cattle and growing crops. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026 The county has a narrow ag-exempt process for unusual situations, such as a request to build a barn on property without a primary building or to extend electrical service to a water well for crops or animals. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 Braden added that rising costs from the extensive growth in DFW is directly affecting farmers’ ability to grow large amounts of quality crops. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026 Last season ended with the Star Trek friends fending off little pink aliens (specifically, Tribbles) from a Klingon farmer’s corn crops. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 July 2026

Verb

Scrolling through Reddit and X feels claustrophobic because the screen aggressively crops out so much content. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026 When a user uploads a photo, the algorithm locates the bee, crops the image and compares it to our database. — Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Farmers facing restrictions on irrigating their crops are warning of smaller fruit harvests and rising prices this season.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Commodity prices can move quickly; fertilizer decisions, harvests and retail contracts transmit those shocks more slowly, and supermarket shelves move later still.

— Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of harvests

Noun

Wednesday night, about 75 agencies from police to community groups, the mayor's office and district attorney's office came together for the One Downtown Task Force's public safety working session.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Armed groups, known as bandits in Nigeria, regularly carry out raids and kidnappings for ransom in the northwest and north-central parts of the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of groups

Verb

How cricket grows in America will not be determined by sponsorship money alone, or broadcast deals, or the size of the diaspora.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Building fuel capacity The company says the additional acreage will be important as demand for advanced reactor technology grows in the US and allied markets.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of grows

Verb

Its ceramic blades easily tackle coarse hair and its waterproof design makes in-shower shaves a breeze.

— Sara Coughlin, Allure, 5 July 2026
Zillow says that a pale pink bathroom could lose you up to $6,013, while a pale pink kitchen shaves an extra $4,201 off potential buyers' offers.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2026

Definition of shaves

Verb

Spink’s optimism about the growth opportunities in Saudi Arabia comes even as the kingdom trims capital expenditure, cuts some projects, and limits spending on foreign consultants.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
Coppola's preferred version of the film, Final Cut, removes or trims a handful of sequences, including the exchange between Willard (Martin Sheen) and the Playboy Playmates, and Kurtz (Marlon Brando) reading from TIME magazine.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026

Definition of trims

Noun

Working in batches if needed, place sliders in air-fryer basket (do not overcrowd).

— Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
An undercover officer had bought three batches of seven grams of psilocybin mushrooms and two-gram marijuana vapes from Michael Antonio Kuester between April and June.

— Julia Coin Updated July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026