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husbandry
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of HUSBANDRY
1
careful management of material resources <in accordance with his practice of good husbandry, he never buys anything on credit>
Related Words conservation, saving; miserliness, niggardliness, stinginess; belt-tightening, retrenchment; discretion, forehandedness, prudence; austerity, moderation, restraint, temperance
Antonyms diseconomy, wastefulness
2
the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock <a family of winemakers whose tradition of vineyard husbandry goes back several generations>
Related Words cultivation, culture, farmwork, gardening, horticulture, tillage; agribusiness, agroecology, agronomy; agroforestry, arboriculture, pomology; aquaculture (also aquiculture), hydroponics; animal husbandry, mixed farming, monoculture, pastoralism; sharecropping
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