Synonyms of farmer

farmer

noun

ˈfär-mər 

as in cultivator

a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it

a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of farmer

Tigrayan organizations and human rights groups reported that schools, residential areas, a farmer training center and a truck carrying food aid were all hit during the air campaign. — Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

The five men were caught by police after a local farmer, who couldn’t get through to two law enforcement lines, called the emergency hotline. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2026

The farmer, who operates similar banana farms in Davie, planted 1,000 banana plants on the lot. — Larry Seward, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

That’s driving down prices in the short term, and farmers worry that market share will be lost in the long term. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026