FARMHANDS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

farmhands

noun

plural of farmhand

as in farmers

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nonfarmers

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Noun

The result was 90% of farmers in the country living in poverty with virtually all of them drinking unclean water.

— Adam Duxter, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Textile Exchange said the organization has helped about 8,000 cotton farmers adopt regenerative farming practices across 35,000 acres.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of farmers

Noun

Reduced tillage or no-till was used by 91 percent of participating growers; 56 percent planted cover crops.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Orange County’s agricultural heritage such as small farms, nurseries, and family growers disappears as development accelerates.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of growers

Noun

Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.

— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026

Definition of agriculturists

Noun

At the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, American revolvers and reapers with swappable parts stunned international observers.

— Guru Madhavan, IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2026
The combine/reaping machine cutting mechanism (1833) American inventor Obed Hussey patented one of the earliest practical mechanical reapers in 1833.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026

Definition of reapers

Noun

Their wider ecosystem includes field workers, seasonal workers, input suppliers, agronomists, university researchers, local traders and ginners.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Elsewhere in Kigali, a group of young agronomists are training farmers to adopt technologies such as hydroponics to maximize productivity, using water instead of soil.

— Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of agronomists

Noun

Cut, trim and prune with loppers, shears, snips and more, dig and weed with scoops, trowels, weeders and more and take and cultivate with cultivators and rakes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
This scientific understanding is enabling cultivators to engineer diverse, less pungent strains and driving innovation in discreet, low-odor products like edibles and vapes.

— Peter Su, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of cultivators

Noun

My favorite way to style them is to add them to seasonal planters alongside other fall favorites such as sweet alyssum, ornamental grasses, ornamental kale, or mums, and gourds (which last longer than pumpkins in the heat).

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2026
Dracaena Popular varieties of dracaenas, like ‘Dragon Tree,’ the ‘Corn’ plant, and ‘Lemon Lime,’ are often grown in porch planters and window boxes as foliage plants.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of planters

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