Synonyms for tillage
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Tilth
2. Cultivation
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- n. 2
Land cultivated in this way.
Related words
- Phrases
- tillage radish
Forms
- Plural
- tillages → tilths, plows, ploughlands, cultivations…
Example sentences
- plow At that time the snow plow was certainly our hero.
- farming Sami grew up in a remote farming village in Egypt.
- cultivation Plants are formed with cultivation, humans with education.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tillage | falling | |
| plow | falling | |
| tilth | falling | |
| ploughland | falling | |
| farming | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- plow1
- 5 letters
- tilth1
- 7 letters
- culture2, farming2, tilling2
- 9 letters
- husbandry3, geoponics
- 10 letters
- ploughland
- 11 letters
- cultivation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (culture2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- labour