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FARMING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FARMING?

Need another word that means the same as “farming”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “farming” in this overview.

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Farming as a Noun
Definitions of "Farming" as a noun
Synonyms of "Farming" as a noun (8 Words)
Usage Examples of "Farming" as a noun
Farming as an Adjective
Definitions of "Farming" as an adjective
Synonyms of "Farming" as an adjective (2 Words)
Usage Examples of "Farming" as an adjective
Associations of "Farming" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Farming” are: agriculture, husbandry, land, cultivation, tilling, tillage, land management, farm management, agrarian, agricultural

Farming as a Noun

Definitions of "Farming" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “farming” as a noun can have the following definitions:

The activity or business of growing crops and raising livestock.
Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life.
The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.

Synonyms of "Farming" as a noun (8 Words)

agriculture	The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.
cultivation	The process of trying to acquire or develop a quality or skill. The cultivation* of arable crops.*
farm management	Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit.
husbandry	Management and conservation of resources. All aspects of animal husbandry.
land	The land on which real estate is located. The land* had never been plowed.*
land management	Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life.
tillage	The preparation of land for growing crops. Forty acres of tillage.
tilling	Cultivation of the land in order to raise crops.

Usage Examples of "Farming" as a noun

Farming is a strenuous life.
Land was enclosed for arable farming.
Sheep farming.

Farming as an Adjective

Definitions of "Farming" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “farming” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

Relating to rural matters.
Relating to farming or agriculture.

Synonyms of "Farming" as an adjective (2 Words)

agrarian	Relating to rural matters. The agrarian* reforms.*
agricultural	Relating to farming or agriculture. An agricultural* worker.*

Usage Examples of "Farming" as an adjective

Farming communities.

Associations of "Farming" (30 Words)

agrarian	Relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land. An agrarian* or agricultural society.*
agricultural	Relating to rural matters. An agricultural* worker.*
agriculture	The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
agronomist	An expert in soil management and field-crop production. Agronomists worry that hot weather combined with dry conditions can hamper pollination.
agronomy	The science of soil management and crop production.
arable	Arable land or crops. Open arable* fields.*
botanist	A biologist specializing in the study of plants. A botanist* announced he d bred a new and beautiful variety of orchid.*
cowhand	A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.
crop	Yield crops. The southern areas are cropped in cotton.
cultivate	Grow or maintain (living cells or tissue) in culture. It helps if you go out of your way to cultivate* the local people.*
cultivation	Refinement and good education. The cultivation* of arable crops.*
cultivator	A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture. They were herders of cattle and cultivators of corn.
culturally	With regard to a culture. A culturally* vibrant city.*
farm	Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit. A half timbered farm.
farmer	United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920.
farmhouse	A house attached to a farm, especially the main house in which the farmer lives. A farmhouse* kitchen.*
farmland	Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops.
farmstead	A farm together with its buildings.
gardening	The cultivation of plants. Her love of gardening.
horticulture	The cultivation of plants. Maize and manioc horticulture.
husbandry	Management and conservation of resources. All aspects of animal husbandry.
idyll	An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll. The rural idyll* remains strongly evocative in most industrialized societies.*
peasant	One of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers. Peasant farmers.
potato	The plant of the nightshade family which produces potatoes on underground runners. Mashed potato.
rancher	A person who owns or runs a ranch.
rural	In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town. Rural people.
rustic	An unsophisticated country person. Rustic capitals were much easier to form.
uncultivated	Not prepared for raising crops. These meadowlands have lain uncultivated* for centuries.*
villager	A person who lives in a village. Angry villagers have been forced to leave flooded areas.
yeoman	A member of the yeomanry force.