YEOMAN Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

yeoman

noun

Definition of yeoman

as in agriculturist

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nonfarmer

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Recent Examples of yeoman Lower has the yeoman’s task of heightening the narrative’s frenetic unease. — Courtney Howard, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026 Chavez was averaging a hair under 19 points and sank 63 three-pointers as a six-time SEC Freshman of the Week, but Harmon did yeoman duty, limiting her to 11 points, two of which came on window-dressing free throws in the final 11 seconds. — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026 McAdams, who did yeoman’s work in Raimi’s previous movie (the aforementioned Marvel sequel), is the perfect fit for this kind of nonsensical Hollywood role. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026 Advertisement Over the years, the government has made a yeoman’s effort at explaining the reason for the no-fault nature of the court—which has nothing to do with Washington cutting sweetheart deals with Big Pharma. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yeoman

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Noun

Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Harvesting, usage, and benefits The type of rooibos predominantly cultivated by the tea industry is the Cederberg region’s Nortier (sometimes called Nortieria), named for the man credited with kick-starting the rooibos tea industry, South African agriculturalist Pieter le Fras Nortier.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026

Definition of agriculturist

Noun

Johnson, who was born in a sharecropper’s shack in Mississippi in 1927, moved to Chicago with his mother at age 2.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026
Born to sharecroppers in South Carolina and raised in Harlem, New York, Gibson lived in a world far from white country clubs or Black luxury.

— Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026

Definition of sharecropper

Noun

No physical barrier blocks people from walking across the border outside the library, although planters prevent vehicles from crossing, and border guards from both countries keep watch.

— Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Wheat farmers in Britain, sugar beet growers in central Europe, tobacco planters in Virginia and cotton cultivators across the American South all embraced the new fertilizer.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Definition of planter

Noun

Wheat farmers in Britain, sugar beet growers in central Europe, tobacco planters in Virginia and cotton cultivators across the American South all embraced the new fertilizer.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Its inhabitants remain largely indifferent to the independence movement; village elders reason that freedom will benefit the educated while cultivators will merely exchange one set of masters for another.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of cultivator

Noun

In fact, many downtown restaurants champion regional growers and foster community through food.

— Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026
The 50-year-old operation laid off 50 of its 65 employees as California growers removed more than 38,000 acres of vineyards between October 2024 and August 2025 amid an oversaturated market.

— Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of grower

Noun

Marc Savoy was on his grandfather’s farm in Eunice, Louisiana, on the Prairie Faquetaïque, and something enchanting was rising from the catalpa grove, where a tenant farmer named Hiram Courville lived.

— jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
Set in the Bangladeshi countryside during a pre-digital era, the film centers on Sadu, an impoverished tenant farmer who lives in isolation with his volatile wife.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 May 2026

Definition of tenant farmer

Noun

His father, Golding Constable, a gentleman farmer who had built a lucrative business milling and transporting grain, expected his son John to succeed him.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2026
Part of his mission as an exemplary gentleman farmer was to convince his peers to attend to their estates and, in so doing, bring them back into the fold of solid Roman traditions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2026

Definition of gentleman farmer

Noun

But for all the praise Boone showered on Lombard on Friday, the skipper didn’t want to put any sort of timeline on his ETA or comment on whatever boxes the farmhand may still need to check.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
Tony Martinez as Pepino Garcia Tony Martinez portrayed Pepino, the McCoys’ farmhand who often served as comic relief.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

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