cropper
1 of 2noun (1)
cropper
2 of 2noun (2)
Synonyms
Noun (2)
- collapse
- crash
- defeat
- failure
- fizzle
- nonachievement
- nonsuccess
Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English, "a person who reaps crops or trims trees," from croppen "to crop entry 2" + -er -er entry 2
Noun (2)
of uncertain origin
Note: The Oxford English Dictionary, first edition, suggests some relationship with the phrase neck and crop "completely, entirely," usually in reference to a fall or to expulsion from a place. Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary records crop in the sense "neck, throat" from a few northern and western locations; presumably this is a sense of crop entry 1. In this event, neck and crop would be a joining of two synonyms. Whatever value these hints have, a full etymology is lacking.
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing cropper
cropper
noun
Synonyms & Similar Words
- defeat
- collapse
- failure
- crash
- setback
- nonachievement
- fizzle
- nonsuccess
- disappointment
- deficiency
- futility
- ineffectuality
- ineffectiveness
- uselessness
- insufficiency
- inadequacy
- inefficacy
- ineffectualness
- letdown
- inefficaciousness
- inadequateness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- success
- victory
- achievement
- accomplishment
- win