Synonyms of reapers

reapers

noun

plural of reaper

as in farmers

a person or machine that cuts and collects crops

hired reapers to pick the harvest

Related Words

• farmers
• harvesters
• gleaners
• cultivators
• farmhands
• plowmen
• growers
• planters
• agriculturists
• agronomists
• field hands
• tillers
• ranchers
• homesteaders
• yeomen
• croppers
• sharecroppers
• tenant farmers
• subsistence farmers
• crofters
• gentlemen farmers
• grangers
• ranchmen
• workfolks
• nesters
• campesinos
• rancheros

Dissimilar Words

• nonfarmers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reapers

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

Advertisement Native Americans were represented only by a display of artifacts, which suggested that living Indians were relics too, who would soon be swept away by white settlement as their lands were plowed under by the gleaming new planters and reapers displayed at the Centennial. — Fergus M. Bordewich, Time, 30 Apr. 2026

At harvest, reapers took what was in the mix, both cultivated and wild. — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026

These friends-to-enemies must navigate their complicated feelings for each other while solving the mystery of why reapers are turning part-human again. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025