Tinker Synonyms and Antonyms

tĭngkər
To handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructively
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fiddle
  2. fool
  3. meddle
  4. mess
  5. tamper
  6. monkey
To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fiddle
  2. potter
  3. putter
  4. repair
  5. monkey
  6. mess around
  7. try to mend
  8. play-with
  9. fidget
  10. take-apart
  11. fool
  12. dabble
  13. trifle-with
  14. fuss
  15. play
  16. meddler
  17. botch
  18. mend
  19. toy
  20. mender
  21. monkey with
  22. mess
  23. trifle
  24. patch
  25. twiddle
  26. monkey-around
  27. muck-about
  28. muck-around
A person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tinkerer
Small mackerel found nearly worldwide
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chub mackerel
  2. Scomber japonicus
Fiddle
(Verb)
Antonyms:
  1. leave-alone

Words Related to Tinker

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Tinker Sentence Examples

  • His father, Thomas Bunyan,' was a tinker, or, as he described himself, a "brasier."

  • Well yes, until the little tinker mistook my handbag for his litter tray, but thatâs a story for another column.

  • The LRC is trying to do something quite big in the Labor Party, not just tinker.

  • Tinkering with a company structure is like ordering from a Chinese menu Option one is to tinkering with a company structure is like ordering from a Chinese menu Option one is to tinker with the existing structure.

  • Tinker hands over the reins of power to the real King, who now has the full support of his people.

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