Home › Words › W › weederweederweeder means an agricultural worker who removes weeds.EtymologyFrom weed + -er.nounAn agricultural worker who removes weeds.A tool used to remove weeds.e.g.“(She told me I must buy a swoe, a long-handled weeder sold by Fiskars, that changed her life.)” — 2007 July 26, Anne Raver, “Recognizing Those Who Keep Brooklyn in Bloom”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2021:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.unweed 73% match — To remove weeds from; to weed. vs weeder →weeding 71% match — The removal of weeds; the process by which something is weeded. vs weeder →deweed 68% match — To remove weed from. vs weeder →weedeat 68% match — To trim weeds using a weedeater (a string trimmer). vs weeder →weedeater 66% match — A string trimmer. vs weeder →weedable 65% match — Able or suitable to be weeded vs weeder →weedeating 64% match — The act or task of trimming weeds with a weedeater. vs weeder →winnower 63% match — A person who winnows. vs weeder →