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Antonyms for tinker
ˈtɪŋ kərtin·ker

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  1. tinkernoun

    to work as a tinker

    Synonyms:
    traveller

  2. tinkernoun

    A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.

    Synonyms:
    scamp, rascal, scoundrel, rapscallion, rogue

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  1. tinker, tinkerernoun

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

    Synonyms:
    chub mackerel, tinkerer, fiddler

  2. tinkernoun

    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, tinkerer

  3. chub mackerel, tinker, Scomber japonicusverb

    small mackerel found nearly worldwide

    Synonyms:
    chub mackerel, tinkerer

  4. putter, 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"

    Synonyms:
    fiddle, muck around, monkey, muck about, monkey around, tamper, putter, potter around, mess around, putter around, potter

  5. tinkerverb

    work as a tinker or tinkerer

    Synonyms:
    fiddle, muck around, monkey, muck about, monkey around, putter, mess around, potter

  6. tinker, 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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  1. leave alone

    Submitted by anonymous on July 5, 2020  

How to use tinker in a sentence?

  1. Amy Oberman:

    Yes, there is freedom of speech established by Tinker.

  2. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu:

    There is a need to look at the PIB as it was submitted to the sixth assembly and try and tinker with that a bit, there are all kinds of issues ... one of those is whether we need to yank out the fiscal terms and develop them into a different law relying on existing fiscal laws and amend those.

  3. Amesh Adalja:

    It's a very elegant solution, and that's why they could go to vaccine trials so quickly, because all they need is a sequence of the virus, they don't have to tinker with the virus to make a vaccine candidate. They can just make a vaccine candidate with genetic sequence of the virus.

  4. Amy Oberman:

    Yes, there is freedom of speech established by [The Supreme Court decision] Tinker, but at least in my view, it's a hate crime because a group was targeted.

  5. Balfour Beatty:

    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.

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