tinkerer

Noun

Meaning

Agent noun of tinker; one who tinkers with things.

A meddler.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

rover fiddler tinker experimenter nonprofessional dilettante dabbler patcher chub mackerel tinner violist improviser trifler uninitiate retoucher
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Hypernyms

experimenter

Anagrams

retinker

Examples

Evolution is a tinkerer. Francois Jacob

Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature. Leroy Chiao

A gifted inventor and tinkerer, he has wired the old ghost town in the valley below so that he can make it come alive at night with lights and sounds as if it were still inhabited. Source: Internet

A writer, licensed engineer, author (of Backyard Ballastics and other titles), inveterate tinkerer and super-charged inventor, he has been researching and building model catapults and ballistic devices for more than 30 years. Source: Internet

As used here, Johannes Factotum ("Jack of all trades") refers to a second-rate tinkerer with the work of others, rather than the more common "universal genius". Source: Internet

He told her about Phin being the Tinkerer and how Harlem was in danger. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tinkerbell fairyfly Tinkerbell line tinkerbird tinkering tinkerlike tinkerly