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reap

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of reap

1 to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
  • My great-grandfather had to reap the wheat on his family farm with a hand scythe.
Synonyms of reap

gather, harvest, pick
Words Related to reap

clam, fish, seal, shrimp, whale

accumulate, forage, garner

glean

cut, hay, mow

bag, capture, hunt, net, snare, trap

crop, grow, raise
Near Antonyms of reap

plant, seed, sow
2 to receive as return for effort
  • If you continue to work hard at musicianship, you will reap the rewards of being a concert pianist.
Synonyms of reap

acquire, attain, bag, bring in, capture, carry, come by, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, knock down, land, make, obtain, procure, pull down, realize, secure, win
Words Related to reap

clear, gross, net

accomplish, achieve, notch (up), score

accumulate, amass, draw, rack up

catch, pick up

annex, occupy, take over

reacquire, reattain, recapture, regain, remake
Near Antonyms of reap

accord, give, grant, pay

give up, hand over, part (with), relinquish, surrender, yield
Antonyms of reap

forfeit, lose

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