All cropper synonyms
cropΒ·per
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- farmer β Fannie (Merritt) [mer-it] /ΛmΙr Ιͺt/ (Show IPA), 1857β1915, U.S. authority on cooking.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- slump β to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- recession β a return of ownership to a former possessor.
- deterioration β the act or process of deteriorating.
- downturn β an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- rancher β a person who owns or works on a ranch.
- peasant β a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- laborer β a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training: a laborer in the field.
- producer β a person who produces.
- grower β a person who grows something: He is a grower of flowers and vegetables.
- crunch β If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
- stumbling block β an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- barrier β A barrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.
- difficulty β the fact or condition of being difficult.
- inconvenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- drawback β a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- holdup β a forcible stopping and robbing of a person.
- hitch β to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
- glitch β a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- obstacle β something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- impediment β obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
- hurdle β a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.
- bug β A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
- disadvantage β absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- undoing β the reversing of what has been done; annulling.
- humiliation β an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- downfall β descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- setback β Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- down β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- comeuppance β If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
- descent β A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- anticlimax β You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
- demotion β to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
- crash β A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
- collapse β If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- dive β to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
- failure β an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- discomfiture β Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- reverse β opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
- flop β to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
- disappointment β Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
- defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- pratfall β a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- deflation β Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.