Synonyms for tamper
ˈtæm pərtam·per

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1. tamper

   Synonyms:
   meddle, intermeddle, dabble, intrigue, deal secretly

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.7 / 7 votes

1. tamp, tamper, tamping barverb

   a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

   Synonyms:
   tamp, tamping bar

2. tamper, fiddle, monkeyverb

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

   "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"

   Synonyms:
   shrink from, shirk, muck about, monkey, goldbrick, potter, play, monkey around, tinker, muck around, putter, toy, meddle, mess around, fiddle, diddle

3. meddle, tamperverb

   intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly

   "Don't meddle in my affairs!"

   Synonyms:
   meddle, fiddle, monkey

Matched Categories

1. • Interfere
   • Manipulate

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1. tamperverb

   Synonyms:
   meddle, intermeddle, dabble, have to do (in a tentative way)

2. tamperverb

   Synonyms:
   intrigue, deal secretly

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1. tamperverb

   Synonyms:
   meddle, tinker

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1. List of paraphrases for "tamper":

   falsify, alter

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How to use tamper in a sentence?

1. Isaac Mamboza:

   We have discovered that beekeeping can help to protect our forests, most of our beehives are on trees near our dam - no one will tamper with (them).

2. Donald Trump:

   I want to get to the bottom if Russia or anybody is trying to tamper or play with our election.

3. Stephan Necknig:

   The arrest warrant was made because of a risk that evidence might be suppressed, during a search last week there were signs that the accused may tamper with evidence. To influence other suspects or witnesses, or people who could provide information to the investigating authorities.

4. Jason Bowles:

   We know a couple of facts. We know there was a live round in a box of dummy rounds that shouldn’t have been there. At least one round. We have people who walked off set because they were disgruntled. We have a timeline of approximately 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. that day in which the firearms at that time were unattended, so there was opportunity to tamper with this scene and yes, we’re looking at that possibility.

5. Ben Carson:

   Just for the record, let me make it extremely clear that I am extremely pro-Second Amendment and there's no question about it, and I would never, never allow for anybody to tamper with that right because it is so important.