AGRICULTURAL Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

agricultural

adjective

ˌa-gri-ˈkəl-ch(ə-)rəl

Definition of agricultural next

as in agrarian

engaged in or concerned with agriculture he grew up in an agricultural community and farming was still in his blood

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Recent Examples of agricultural The Colorado River system is integral for supplying water, power and watering the agricultural feeds that sustain the rest of the country, Erica Fleishman, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute said. —

Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 May 2026 Nathan Meeker, who founded the agricultural community Union Colony in present-day Greeley and the Greeley Tribune newspaper, became the Indian agent in northwest Colorado in 1878. —

Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 20 May 2026 By Gretchen McKay Pittsburgh Post-Gazette As an agricultural state, Pennsylvania is known for the many fresh fruits and vegetables that grace our dinner tables each night. —

Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026 Their first step involved gathering all 470 flowering plant genomes that have been sequenced, a mix of wild species and agricultural crops from all over the world. —

Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for agricultural

Recent Examples of Synonyms for agricultural

agrarian

Adjective

The Latvian governing tripartite coalition, which also included an agrarian party, had been under strain for months over multiple issues.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 May 2026
Those two issues, in particular, women’s empowerment and agrarian reform, went over like a lead balloon with the archconservatives of the country, especially religious.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026