SHARECROPPER Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

sharecropper

noun

as in homesteader

a farmer especially in the southern U.S. who raises crops for the owner of a piece of land and is paid a portion of the money from the sale of the crops grew up the child of a poor sharecropper

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Dissimilar Words

nonfarmer

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sharecropper The Delta Blues Museum celebrates Mississippi's role in the birth of the blues, with artifacts including a reconstruction of the sharecropper's shack that Muddy Waters lived in on the Stovall Plantation. —

Npr Staff, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025 Bernice Malcom, 92, a sharecropper’s daughter who grew up in North Carolina, never imagined a scene like this. —

Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Dec. 2025 As the children of sharecroppers, Ruby’s parents had to leave school to help their parents in the fields. —

Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025 Coleman was born into a large family of sharecroppers in 1890s Texas. —

Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sharecropper

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharecropper

Noun

Releford, or another team member leading the tour, shares stories of the original homesteaders, Black agricultural innovators and the land’s evolution over more than a century.

— Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Of two Montana homesteaders at war over a gate installed on a private road, one is a nerd culture YouTuber who directs his fans’ ire toward the ever-present thorn in his side.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026