putterers
Aimless hobby workers
Putterers are people who putter—occupying themselves with minor, unhurried tasks without much purpose or urgency.
The word suggests gentle, aimless activity rather than productive work: The garden was full of weekend putterers tending their tomatoes.
Putterers tinker, fiddle, and busy themselves pleasantly without accomplishing much.
Casual experimenters with objects
- dabblersThose who engage superficially
- amateursNonprofessional participants
- hobbyistsRecreational pursuit enthusiasts
- craftspeopleSkilled manual workers
modelers · gardeners · woodworkers · restorers · collectors · knitters · brewers · painters
Craftsman's heavy-duty surface
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
- gadgetsSmall mechanical contrivances
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
repairs · fixing · adjustments · fiddling · tweaking · assembling · tools · contraptions
Taking one's time
- relaxedFree of stress
- casualRelaxed and informal
- easygoingRelaxed in temperament
- unrushedFree from time pressure
lazy · weekend · retired · afternoon · garage · shed · garden · basement
Those who move slowly
- lingerersThose who remain behind
- loiterersThose who linger aimlessly
- laggardsThose who trail behind
- slowpokesUnhurried, tardy individuals
lollygaggers · idlers · loafers · meandering · procrastinators · time-wasters · malingerers · foot-draggers
tinkerers
Casual experimenters with objects
- dabblersThose who engage superficially
- amateursNonprofessional participants
- hobbyistsRecreational pursuit enthusiasts
craftspeople · modelers · gardeners · woodworkers · restorers · collectors · knitters · brewers · painters · whittlers
workbench
Craftsman's heavy-duty surface
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
- gadgetsSmall mechanical contrivances
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
wiring · repairs · fixing · adjustments · fiddling · tweaking · assembling · tools · contraptions · modifications
unhurried
Taking one's time
unrushed · lazy · weekend · retired · afternoon · garage · shed · garden · basement · workshop
dawdlers
Those who move slowly
slowpokes · lollygaggers · idlers · loafers · meandering · procrastinators · time-wasters · malingerers · foot-draggers · shufflers
putterersgo-getters
Ambitiously proactive people
overachievers · strivers · hustlers · high achievers · doers
putterersrushers
Those who advance quickly
speedsters · whirlwinds · live wires · speed demons · sprinters
putterersproducers
Those who create goods
performers · efficiency experts · maximizers · optimizers · grinders
- puttered aroundMoved without real purpose
- puttered aboutBusied oneself inefficiently