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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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

This year’s Super El Niño has raised questions about the Vietnamese and Brazilian coffee crops. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 And widespread adoption by farmers is challenging because perennial crops don’t yield as much, harvesting can be difficult and the market still is developing. — Joshua A. Bickel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 But scientists still need to show how much additional carbon those roots can store under real farming conditions, how long the carbon would remain underground and whether the crops can maintain yields. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 Mixed-use pastures known as dehesas were planted with crops and peppered with oak trees, which provided cork and firewood. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026 Blough said farmers will be clocked by the high prices because of the high use of diesel to transport fertilizers and crops and operate tractors and combines. — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026 Cooler weather and light frost can improve flavor for crops like spinach and turnips. — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 17 Sep. 2026 Tending to crops, riding horses and working the land, these work boots were worn by farmers and cowboys alike. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2026 The destruction of homes, crops, roads, and food supplies can turn a few days of flooding into a longer humanitarian disaster. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 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

At the same time, British Columbia Premier David Eby’s government has pledged to increase timber harvests in an effort to revitalize the forestry sector.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Cocoa prices have eased after a record-breaking rally over the past two years, which was fueled by adverse weather and poor harvests that drove up costs for chocolate makers, CNBC previously reported.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of harvests

Noun

Ahead of Wednesday's hearing, an amicus brief was filed by other news groups, urging the court to immediately restore the three outlets' White House access.

— JOCELYN NOVECK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
The two groups are already collaborating on projects with the goal of building a slate of projects that are connected with brand partners from the very start.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of groups

Verb

But as the market grows, sensitivity around privacy is almost certain to become a bigger factor.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
As the lake dries, the ruins of one of 11 villages that had been inundated by the reservoir have emerged, as alarm grows over the need for alternative water supplies for the city of 42 million.

— EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of grows

Noun

My groupings range from sterling silver flatware to matchbooks, but my most prized grouping is my trove of fine art.

— Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026
Only 28 of the 105 political parties and groupings approved by the Provisional Electoral Council to contest elections for president, Parliament and local posts, had reached the threshold of registering 30,000 members.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of groupings

Verb

Like all classic noirs, Frank cultivates a sweaty, visceral realism to the main character’s desire to have a better life at any cost.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of cultivates

Verb

The change, announced in a presentation on Wednesday, is part of a broader shift in Microsoft’s reporting structure, as the company trims its operating segments from three to two.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
To make things easier, Instagram rolled out a new First Draft tool on Tuesday that automatically trims your clips and prepares them for the next stage of the editing process.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of trims

Noun

Starship has carried small batches of V3 Starlinks on previous launches, but those missions’ suborbital trajectories meant the satellites burned up in Earth’s atmosphere rather than remaining in orbit.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
The contract also includes options for additional batches in the coming years.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026