potterer
Aimless hobby person
A potterer is someone who potters—occupying themselves with trivial tasks in an unhurried, aimless way.
The term is more common in British English; Americans tend to say putterer.
He's a harmless potterer, always tinkering in the garden shed.
Unhurried aimless activity
- fiddlingAimless, restless manipulation
- tinkeringCasual, unskilled adjusting
- dabblingShallow, casual involvement
- moseyingWalking slowly, aimlessly
piddling · dawdling · ambling · meandering · sauntering · strolling · rambling · browsing
Nonprofessional participant
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- dabblerOne who skims surfaces
- dilettanteSuperficial pursuer of arts
- tinkererHobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
hobbyist · collector · aficionado · gardener · modeler · birdwatcher · angler · homebrewer
puttering
Unhurried aimless activity
- fiddlingAimless, restless manipulation
- tinkeringCasual, unskilled adjusting
- dabblingShallow, casual involvement
moseying · piddling · dawdling · ambling · meandering · sauntering · strolling · rambling · browsing · mooching
amateur
Nonprofessional participant
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- dabblerOne who skims surfaces
- dilettanteSuperficial pursuer of arts
tinkerer · hobbyist · collector · aficionado · gardener · modeler · birdwatcher · angler · homebrewer · woodworker
tinker
Mender of metal household wares
fix · repair · mend · improvise · modify · troubleshoot · handyman · fixer · bodger · meddler
pottererexpert
Highly skilled practitioner
professional · specialist · master · craftsman · authority
potterergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
achiever · dynamo · doer · striver · powerhouse
pottererworkaholic
Compulsive labor addict
perfectionist · obsessive · zealot · fanatic · devotee
- Harry PotterFictional adolescent sorcerer
- pottery wheelsRotating platforms for ceramics
- potter's clayMoldable earth for vessels
- painted potteryClay vessels with applied color
- potter's wheelRotating platform for ceramics
- potter aroundLeisurely aimless activity
pottery, potter, potters, pottering, pottered, potteries, potterers