REAPS Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

reaps

verb

present tense third-person singular of reap

as in harvests

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

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as in earns

to receive as return for effort if you continue to work hard at musicianship, you will reap the rewards of being a concert pianist

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Recent Examples of reaps Brendan Shanahan surely reaps the rewards for forever believing in Marner and the Core Four and continues as team president into the present. —

Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 21 May 2026 However, an artist’s innate defiance reaps the best art. —

Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026 The mower does the work, and your lawn reaps the benefits. —

Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2026 Perhaps some enterprising Democrat or Republican will come along who exhibits more faith in our constitutional system, governs with the foresight that there are more elections to come than just the next one — and reaps the benefits. —

David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2026 And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits. —

Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026 Ronny Hartmann | Afp | Getty Images Rolls-Royce shares have hit fresh record highs every single trading day so far this year, as the aerospace and defense firm reaps benefits from multiple directions – from its exposure to defense, to its thriving power systems business and a wider FTSE 100 rally. —

Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026 Although everyone reaps the benefits of a more reliable grid, local landowners might not see those as sufficient to compensate for the impacts of the line, the commission says. —

Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025 Oftentimes, corporate America reaps the benefits. —

Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025

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As the largest lobster-producing state in the US, Maine harvests more than 100 million pounds of the shellfish annually.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
During the summer, the garden blooms with pollinator-friendly plants like nasturtiums, begonias and alyssum, creating a vibrant ecosystem that staff harvests daily.

— Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 27 May 2026