Synonyms of tinker

tinker

verb

as in to horse around

Related Words

• horse around
• diddle (with)
• clown (around)
• idle
• dawdle
• lounge
• doodle
• loaf
• hang (around or out)
• loll
• trifle
• goof (around)
• fool around
• play
• fiddle (around)
• monkey (around)
• dillydally
• dally
• hang about
• potter (around)
• fribble
• mess around
• putter (around)
• kick around

Dissimilar Words

• set (to)
• settle (down)
• buckle (down)
• knuckle down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tinker

The company jumped into AI with its Llama family of models, offering an open-source approach that allowed developers to freely tinker, while the other big model makers charged for access. — Jonathan Vanian,julia Boorstin, CNBC, 14 June 2026

But some of those who weathered economic storms stuck around to learn, tweak, and tinker their way to good hooch. — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026

Recreational users of psychedelics do tinker with the experience on their own terms, by choosing to trip with different kinds of people or in different kinds of places—in cities, or on mountaintops, or while camping at the beach. — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026

Simply defining this jitter effect and how much it should be tinkered with proved an early challenge. — Ben Dowsett, Wired News, 10 June 2026

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