Synonyms of farming

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noun

as in agriculture

the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock

since an ancestor settled there in the 19th century, farming has been the only occupation for six generations of the family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• agriculture
• cultivation
• gardening
• horticulture
• husbandry
• agribusiness
• culture
• farmwork
• tillage
• agronomy
• aquaculture
• pastoralism
• agroforestry
• pomology
• hydroponics
• arboriculture
• agroecology
• monoculture
• mixed farming
• animal husbandry
• aquiculture
• sharecropping

farming

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adjective

as in agricultural

engaged in or concerned with agriculture

years of drought had a devastating impact on the region's farming communities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• agricultural
• agrarian
• agronomic
• rural
• arable
• monocultural
• bucolic
• aquacultural
• pastoral
• country
• pastoralist
• garden
• georgic
• rustical
• arboricultural
• rustic
• villatic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• urban
• industrial
• metropolitan
• nonagricultural
• industrialized
• metro

farming

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verb

present participle of farm

as in cultivating

to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on

we're planning on farming 50 acres the first year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultivating
• harvesting
• planting
• tending
• tilling
• cropping
• reaping
• hoeing
• sharecropping
• harrowing