Synonyms for crop
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
Noun
1. Harvest — the production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants
2. Whip — an entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding
Definitions
- v. 1
To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- v. 2
To mow, reap or gather.
- n. 1
The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.
It was a good crop of oats this year. What a nice change after last year's crop!
- n. 2
An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.
Related words
- Word family
- crop-dusting cropper croppie
- Phrases
- crop up crop out cash crop hunting crop riding crop cream the crop crop circle money crop
Choose the right word
Harvest is the elegant and literary word; crop is the common and commercial expression; we say a man sells his crop, but we should not speak of his selling his harvest; we speak of an ample or abundant harvest, a good crop.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- dress She stood out because she was wearing a red dress.
- range Prices range from as low as $30 to as high as $50.
- pasture The camels were peacefully grazing in the pasture.
By length
- 3 letters
- cut1, bat1, mow1, maw1, lop1
- 4 letters
- work1, pick1, clip1, whip1, trim1, reap1, snip1, craw1
- 5 letters
- range1, dress1, fruit1, yield1, pluck1, prune1, graze1, swive
- 6 letters
- reduce2, switch1, gather2, browse1
- 7 letters
- product2, stomach2, harvest2, pasture2, curtail2
- 9 letters
- cultivate3
- 11 letters
- development4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reduce2 = 2 syllables).