sower
sower Lexical Profile
sower Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who plants or scatters seeds on the ground for growth.
"Walking steadily along the ploughed furrows, the sower cast handfuls of wheat across the damp soil."
An agricultural machine or implement used for distributing seeds over prepared land.
"The farmer attached the mechanical sower to the tractor to plant the cornfield before the spring rains arrived."
A person who initiates, spreads, or propagates an idea, rumor, or state of affairs, such as discord or doubt.
"He gained an unenviable reputation in the committee as a sower of division and mistrust."
Word Nuance & Usage
Pronounced /ˈsoʊər/ (rhyming with 'lower' and 'mower'); do not confuse with its homograph in 'sow' (/saʊ/, an adult female pig) or the near-homophone 'sewer' (/ˈsoʊər/, one who sews).
• Rhymes for sower
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English sāwere ('one who sows seed'), an agent noun formed from the verb sāwan ('to sow'), which traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root *sē- ('to sow').