YEOMAN Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

yeoman

noun

Definition of yeoman

as in agriculturist

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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

Standing on a planter for a vantage point, the parade created a sea of orange, everyone moving from left to right in sync to the song.

— Meredith Nierman, NPR, 17 July 2026
Then there are additional costs for potting mix, new filters and — the biggest challenge — replacement planters.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026

Definition of planter

Noun

No specific food, grower or supplier has been identified as the source of this summer’s outbreak of cyclospora, a microscopic parasite that has been linked to cases of explosive diarrhea across the country, particularly in Michigan and Ohio.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
That said, Ford notes that many growers remove the flower stalk early, allowing the plant to direct more energy toward trap growth, as blooming requires a significant amount of energy.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 14 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

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
California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023

Definition of gentleman farmer

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