PASTORALIST Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

pastoralist

adjective

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Recent Examples of pastoralist In the summer of 2013, a local public-health official named Cristóbal Villar sent out a message on Radio Nacional Malargüe directed to a handful of pastoralist families scattered across the upper reaches of the Barrancas River. — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 In the northern reaches, thousands of pastoralist herders have switched to fishing after losing their livestock to drought since 2021. — Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026 The resemblance is particularly striking because many Palestinians are now barred from practicing their pastoralist traditions in areas where settlers continue to roam freely. — Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026 The pastoralist Maasai people, for instance, who also live in the region, have successfully been vying for supremacy with lions for hundreds of years. — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 As pastoralist communities moved their flocks, the sheep had more contact with infected wild animals. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025

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Just a few days ago, the son of 2016 Derby winner Nyquist roamed freely around the fields of nearby Gainesway Farm, a 1,500-acre pastoral equine playground whose history predates US independence.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
There were pastoral hills and forests, but the Kodachrome green leaves and blue skies had yellowed with time.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of pastoral

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Waiving tariffs on some Canadian agricultural products could presage similar efforts in Michigan and New Hampshire, where Republican candidates facing uphill election fights have spoken out against tariffs on Canada.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The increase comes as golden mussels continue to spread through California’s interconnected waterways, threatening drinking water supplies, agricultural infrastructure and recreational boating access.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of agricultural

Adjective

Step inside, though, and you’re transported to a bucolic Britain of rolling hills and village greens, bumbling eccentrics and cute, clever farm animals.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
That’s why the Gemini Express stovetop espresso maker has made my morning routine all the more bucolic, all the more pastoral.

— Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of bucolic

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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

Definition of agrarian

Adjective

And members of these new churches were mostly not the black-dressed, hypocritical, sour-faced, monocultural figures favored by popular narrative, but often included colorful figures who were sometimes surprisingly modern in their desires.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of monocultural

Adjective

Work on the 2025 vintage includes the use of Bouquet, a disease-resistant variety, a choice that is, allegedly, both agronomic and commercial.

— Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
An agronomic guide or a turf guide will provide the optimal mower height for your specific type of grass.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026

Definition of agronomic

Adjective

Gulf states look to the continent for arable land, critical minerals, political influence, and diversified trade routes.

— Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
Her parents had drained swamps in order to create arable land and served in the Haganah pre-state military organization.

— Natasha Mozgovaya, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of arable

Adjective

Connecticut has also seen a boom in backyard growers popping up in suburban neighborhoods with micro-farming businesses becoming more popular.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
Some of those people may be professional myrmecologists (scientists who specialize in the study of ants) and fourmiculture (ant-farming) enthusiasts.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026

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