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Synonyms for reap

Most common

harvest glean gain garner sickle

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Harvest

harvest, crop, glean, gather

Other

cut, mow, sickle

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.

  2. v. 2

    To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.

Related words

Word family
reaper reap-time
Phrases
reap hook

Forms

Past participle
reap'd
e.g. reap'd → harvested, cropped, gleaned, gathered…

Example sentences

  • harvest A poor rice harvest will get us into real trouble.
  • glean What can you glean from his search history?
  • gain Tom doesn't gain weight even though he eats a lot.
  • garner Tom's boring articles failed to garner attention.
  • sickle The hammer and sickle are the symbols of communism.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
reaprising
harveststeady
gleanrising
gainsteady
garnerrising
sicklesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
get1, cut1, mow1
4 letters
gain1, draw1, crop1
5 letters
glean1
6 letters
obtain2, gather2, garner2, derive2, sickle2
7 letters
acquire3, harvest2, procure2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (obtain2 = 2 syllables).