Synonyms of cultivator

cultivator

noun

ˈkəl-tə-ˌvā-tər 

as in farmer

a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it

encountered an indigenous people who were experienced cultivators of the soil as well as highly skilled craftsmen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• farmer
• grower
• planter
• agriculturist
• tiller
• agronomist
• harvester
• plowman
• reaper
• farmhand
• gleaner
• homesteader
• cropper
• sharecropper
• yeoman
• field hand
• tenant farmer
• gentleman farmer
• subsistence farmer
• crofter
• ranchman
• rancher
• campesino
• nester
• granger
• workfolk
• ranchero

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cultivator

Wheat farmers in Britain, sugar beet growers in central Europe, tobacco planters in Virginia and cotton cultivators across the American South all embraced the new fertilizer. — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Its inhabitants remain largely indifferent to the independence movement; village elders reason that freedom will benefit the educated while cultivators will merely exchange one set of masters for another. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

The fair will also host the 2026 California Cannabis Awards, ushering in cultivators and manufacturers from all around the state. — Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026

Kelly Funke is the president and CEO of Jackson & Perkins, a plant nursery and rose cultivator. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 14 July 2026