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TINKER Synonyms

There are 26 synonyms of the word tinker. (exact relations)
There are 15 hypernyms of the word tinker. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for TINKER

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artisan
nounn
noun

• a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

craftsman
nounn
noun

• a professional whose work is consistently of high quality

• a creator of great skill in the manual arts

• a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

fiddler
nounn
noun

• a musician who plays the violin

• someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner

• an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend

fixer
verb, nounv, n
noun

• someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)

• a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)

• a skilled worker who mends or repairs things

• synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

handyman
nounn
noun

• a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks

mechanic
nounn
noun

• a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools

• someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles

adjective satellite

• resembling the action of a machine

mender
nounn
noun

• a skilled worker who mends or repairs things

repairman
nounn
noun

• a skilled worker whose job is to repair things

technician
nounn
noun

• someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process

• someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique

fiddle
verb, nounv, n
noun

• bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

verb

• avoid (one's assigned duties)

• commit fraud and steal from one's employer

• play the violin or fiddle

• play on a violin

• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

• play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

• try to fix or mend

monkey
nounn
noun

• any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

• one who is playfully mischievous

verb

• play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

• do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

potter
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln

verb

• do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

• work lightly

• move around aimlessly

putter
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a golfer who is putting

• the iron normally used on the putting green

verb

• work lightly

• do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

• move around aimlessly

rapscallion
nounn
noun

• a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

• one who is playfully mischievous

rascal
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

• one who is playfully mischievous

rogue
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

scamp
verb, nounv, n
noun

• one who is playfully mischievous

verb

• perform hastily and carelessly

scoundrel
nounn
noun

• a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately

tinkerer
nounn
noun

• an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend

• a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts

traveller
nounn
noun

• a person who changes location

Best Hypernyms For TINKER

Here is a list of related hypernyms for tinker, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (12)
work bushel doctor experimenter fix gipsy gypsy itinerant mackerel mend repair restore
Phrases (3)
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Alternatives for ARTISAN

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