reap

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of REAP

to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use <my great-grandfather had to reap the wheat on his family farm with a hand scythe>

Synonyms gather, pick, reap

Related Words clam, fish, seal, shrimp, whale; accumulate, forage, garner; glean; cut, hay, mow; bag, capture, hunt, net, snare, trap; crop, grow, raise

Near Antonyms plant, seed, sow

to receive as return for effort <if you continue to work hard at musicianship, you will reap the rewards of being a concert pianist>

Synonyms acquire, attain, bag, bring in, capture, carry, come by, draw, gain, garner, get, knock down, land, make, obtain, procure, pull down, realize, reap, secure, win

Related Words clear, gross, net; accomplish, achieve, notch (up), score; accumulate, amass, draw, rack up; catch, pick up; annex, occupy, take over; reacquire, reattain, recapture, regain, remake

Near Antonyms accord, give, grant, pay; give up, hand over, part (with), relinquish, surrender, yield

Antonyms forfeit, lose

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