Synonyms of till

till 1 of 2

verb

ˈtil 

as in to cultivate

to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on

farmers tilling the soil from sunup to sunset

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultivate
• farm
• harvest
• plant
• tend
• crop
• reap
• hoe
• harrow
• sharecrop

till

2 of 2

preposition

as in until

up to (a particular time)

We studied till four in the morning, which didn't exactly make us alert for the test the next day.

Related Words

• until
• before
• up to
• to
• up till
• prior to
• previous to
• of
• ere
• fore
• ahead of
• afore

Dissimilar Words

• since
• after
• next
• following
• next to

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of till

Verb

Many reduced or eliminated their petrochemical use, stopped tilling their fields and added additional plant varieties and cover crops to protect the soil. — Sydney Giacalone, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

The company had sent heavy machinery to the site, an undeveloped valley in northeast Independence, a month earlier to start tilling the earth and digging runoff ponds. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Dash, 2026, the forty-seven-minute, two-channel essay-film at the project’s core, is filled with quiet, almost meditative scenes of machines tilling the land that initially conjure a faux-pastoral aesthetic register. — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Ali’s father tilled tiny ancestral fields using an irrigation system developed during the Roman empire. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing till

• up till