What is another word for farming?

Synonyms for farming
ˈfɑr mɪŋfarm·ing

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word farming.

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. farming

    Agriculture is the generic term, including at once the science, the art, and the process of supplying human wants by raising the products of the soil, and by the associated industries; farming is the practise of agriculture as a business; there may be theoretical agriculture, but not theoretical farming; we speak of the science of agriculture, the business of farming; scientific agriculture may be wholly in books; scientific farming is practised upon the land; we say an agricultural college rather than a college of farming. Farming refers to the cultivation of considerable portions of land, and the raising of the coarser crops; gardening is the close cultivation of a small area for small fruits, flowers, vegetables, etc., and while it may be done upon a farm is yet a distinct industry. Gardening in general, kitchen-gardening, the cultivation of vegetables, etc., for the household, market-gardening, the raising of the same for sale, floriculture, the culture of flowers, and horticulture, the culture of fruits, flowers, or vegetables, are all departments of agriculture, but not strictly nor ordinarily of farming; farming is itself one department of agriculture. Husbandry is a general word for any form of practical agriculture, but is now chiefly poetical. Tillage refers directly to the work bestowed upon the land, as plowing, manuring, etc.; cultivation refers especially to the processes that bring forward the crop; we speak of the tillage of the soil, the cultivation of corn; we also speak of land as in a state of cultivation, under cultivation, etc. Culture is now applied to the careful development of any product to a state of perfection, especially by care through successive generations; the choice varieties of the strawberry have been produced by wise and patient culture; a good crop in any year is the result of good cultivation.

    Synonyms:
    agriculture, cultivation, culture, floriculture, gardening, horticulture, husbandry, kitchen-gardening, market-gardening, tillage

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. farming, agriculture, husbandrynoun

    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

    Synonyms:
    agribusiness, husbandry, land, factory farm, agriculture

    Antonyms:
    urban

  2. farming, landadjective

    agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

    "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"

    Synonyms:
    commonwealth, res publica, estate, landed estate, ground, agriculture, nation, soil, kingdom, solid ground, state, dry land, realm, land, husbandry, country, acres, demesne, earth, body politic, terra firma, domain

    Antonyms:
    urban

  3. agrarian, agricultural, farming(a)adjective

    relating to rural matters

    "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"

    Antonyms:
    urban

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. farmingnoun

    Synonyms:
    agriculture, husbandry

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. farmingadjective

    Synonyms:
    agricultural

  2. farmingnoun

    Synonyms:
    agriculture, husbandry

How to pronounce farming?

How to say farming in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#111state
#396country
#450estate
#773land
#884production
#910domain
#987kingdom
#1172culture
#1333earth
#1346ground
#1717farm
#1849nation
#2730agriculture
#3128agricultural
#3202soil
#4754acres
#5472gardening
#5651commonwealth
#5867farmer
#7402farming
#7941breeding
#8143livestock
#8788realm
#15377cultivation
#16917horticulture
#25338rearing
#25744agribusiness
#31571husbandry
#35100agrarian
#36169tillage
#50011ranching
#60581agricole
#78685agricultura
#83849floriculture
#125475demesne
#206406landwirtschaft
#248240agricoltura
#260257landbouw

How to use farming in a sentence?

  1. Neil Morrison:

    This research is opening new doors for the future of farming with pest control methods that are non-toxic and pesticide-free.

  2. Mary Ellen:

    Seaweed pulls carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and uses it to make more carbohydrates, we are not sure how much seaweed farming it would take to have a significant effect on global warming, but it helps.

  3. Cleber Cesar Buzatto:

    Where indigenous lands are demarcated, registered and controlled by the peoples, these territories are preserved and cared for, in some regions, in some states like Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Maranhao, these lands are like true oases in the middle of farming commodities fields, and of a lot of environmental destruction.

  4. Ashok Gulati:

    It is unlikely that India will have another drought next year; three years in a row has never happened before, but with extreme events increasing due to climate change, you never know. If we don't wake up now then, God forbid, people will leave farming to become labourers at railways stations.

  5. Witonze Nzambonipa:

    And all this time the rebels are still farming the land in my village.


Translations for farming

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for farming »

Translation

Find a translation for the farming synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"farming." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Jul 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/farming>.

Discuss these farming synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for farming?

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Synonyms.com

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    What a good antonym for the word Respect?
    A Despise
    B All options are correct
    C Disrespect
    D Contempt

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for farming: