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

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 Surging diesel fuel prices hit a milestone as prices slam California’s economy, from trucks to crops. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 Now that Roebbelen and his wife travel more often, neighbors are invited to grow their own crops there. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Chief among the challenges is the crops' grain yield, said Lee DeHaan, who leads the Institute’s Kernza domestication program. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 These resources can be used to breed new varieties of crops that are higher yielding, more resilient to climate change, and more nutritious. — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026 See & Spray uses computer vision to distinguish weeds from crops and only sprays the weeds, cutting herbicide costs in half. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 Conventional fungicides like chlorothalonil (Daconil) and others are labeled for specific crops and diseases. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 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

Good timing prevents disease, improves harvests, and keeps trees healthy long-term.

— Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026
Fortunately, other fruit trees are more beginner-friendly and still produce abundant harvests.

— Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of harvests

Noun

Human rights groups and advocates have denounced mass and arbitrary arrests, torture and disappearances in the Central American nation's prison system.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
The groups also argue such a lack of transparency could entrench the most powerful labs and models with open-source companies in the dark, and that Congress should be looped in as well.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of groups

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

Working in 7 more batches, repeat process with remaining oil, batter, and blueberries, adjusting heat as needed to keep pancakes from absorbing too much oil or burning.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
Working in batches to avoid overcrowding, add the chicken thighs, skin side down, and cook the chicken until golden brown and crispy, 4 to 6 minutes on each side.

— Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026