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Synonyms for tinker
ˈtɪŋ kərtin·ker
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tinker, tinkerernoun
a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
Synonyms:
chub mackerel, tinkerer, fiddlertinkernoun
formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
Synonyms:
chub mackerel, tinkererchub mackerel, tinker, Scomber japonicusverb
small mackerel found nearly worldwide
Synonyms:
chub mackerel, tinkererputter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck aroundverb
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
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fiddle, muck around, monkey, muck about, monkey around, tamper, putter, potter around, mess around, putter around, pottertinkerverb
work as a tinker or tinkerer
Synonyms:
fiddle, muck around, monkey, muck about, monkey around, putter, mess around, pottertinker, fiddleverb
try to fix or mend
"Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
Synonyms:
play, fiddle, shirk, muck around, goldbrick, monkey, shrink from, muck about, monkey around, putter, toy, mess around, diddle, potter, tamper
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
tinkernoun
Synonyms:
mender (of old pans, kettles, &c.)tinkerverb
Synonyms:
mend (as old pans, kettles, &c.), cobble, patch up
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#516 | play | |
#2897 | toy | |
#3468 | potter | |
#6182 | monkey | |
#9003 | traveller | |
#10657 | rogue | |
#18731 | fiddle | |
#21387 | rascal | |
#26324 | putter | |
#26568 | tinker | |
#29709 | scamp | |
#29954 | fiddler | |
#33106 | tamper | |
#68256 | shirk | |
#69128 | scoundrel | |
#72473 | diddle | |
#177933 | tinkerer |
How to use tinker in a sentence?
We have the technical sophistication of Tinker Toy’s protecting the IoT microcosms of America’s health sector organizations.
At the end of the day, I think they'd step back from the precipice and just tinker around with the current system, but you never know. We are living in strange times.
The allegations in relation to work orders at Tinker Air Force Base and Mountain Home Air Force Base are being taken seriously and are in the process of being investigated.
Yes, there is freedom of speech established by Tinker.
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we made today.
Translations for tinker
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- tüftelnGerman
- γανωματήςGreek
- gitanoSpanish
- värkkäillä, tinata, värkätä, rassata, ryökäle, pusata, tinuri, nikkaroida, kattilanpaikkaajaFinnish
- bricolerFrench
- scabhaitéir, tincéirIrish
- menggerumitIndonesian
- zingaro, calderaio, arrabattarsi, lattoniere, stagninoItalian
- לְנַסוֹת לְתַקֵןHebrew
- いじくり回しますJapanese
- tinkerLatin
- DëppegéisserLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- kjeleflikkerNorwegian
- majstrowaćPolish
- funileiroPortuguese
- возиться, подправлятьRussian
- joxa, knåpa, mecka, tattare, meka, kittelflickare, löskefolk, mixtra, resande, rackare, kopparslagareSwedish
- 修补匠Chinese
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