tinker
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
Types & categories
- experimenter hypernym
Related & opposite
- tinker derivation
Sense 2 verb
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
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
Types & categories
- itinerant hypernym
Sense 4 verb
work as a tinker or tinkerer
Types & categories
- do work hypernym
Sense 5 noun
small mackerel found nearly worldwide
Types & categories
- mackerel hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Scomber member holonym
Sense 6 verb
try to fix or mend
Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right
Types & categories
- fix hypernym
Related & opposite
- tinkerer derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinker |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | experimenter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | putterer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinkerer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | work |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | puddle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | itinerant |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | do work |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Scomber |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | mackerel |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinkerer |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | fix |