AGRICULTURAL Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

agricultural

adjective

ˌa-gri-ˈkəl-ch(ə-)rəl

Definition of agricultural

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 Consider that the typical farm in Kansas spent about $31,000 on diesel last year – a hefty cost that could double this year, according to Gregg Ibendahl, associate professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 Miami-Dade sheriff’s detectives arrested two men in a cockfighting investigation in the Redland agricultural area on Tuesday, according to arrest reports. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 Farmers have faced financial pressures from soaring diesel prices, which are used to run agricultural machinery. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 All raw material is supplied through a direct partnership with Texnord, the marketing arm of Com De Lin Group, a union of three Normandy agricultural cooperatives representing 900 farmers and 33 percent of French flax production. — Advertorial, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for agricultural

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agrarian

Adjective

Thomas Jefferson, himself an agrarian populist, has been especially caught up in the crossfire.

— Jackson Lears, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
The digital revolution rocked the analog world of art, media and communication on a scale the industrial revolution did to agrarian and handicraft economies more than a century ago.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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