Synonyms of harvest

harvest 1 of 2

noun

ˈhär-vəst 

as in crop

the quantity of an animal or vegetable product gathered at the end of a season

we can thank the bountiful harvest of 1621 for our traditional feast of turkey and all the trimmings every November

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crop
• return
• yield
• cutting
• cut

harvest

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verb

as in to pick

to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use

harvest salmon from nearby rivers

every year we harvest corn from our own garden

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pick
• gather
• fish
• reap
• grow
• glean
• mow
• crop
• cut
• seal
• forage
• accumulate
• hunt
• hay
• capture
• shrimp
• garner
• raise
• trap
• clam
• whale
• net
• snare
• bag

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plant
• sow
• seed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of harvest

Noun

Planting in mid-summer will give you time for a fall harvest before the first frost. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 July 2026

These beans are easy to care for and can produce a substantial harvest in a relatively short time. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 July 2026

Verb

Depending on the variety, carrots typically take 70 to 80 days from seed to harvest, but some fast-growing varieties, such as ‘Little Finger’ or ‘Minicore,’ may be ready in as little as 55 days. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 July 2026

These cells can harvest far more sunlight than silicon panels by stacking three different perovskite absorbers, with each layer tuned to capture a different band gap in the solar spectrum. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026