tinkers
Adjusts without expertise
Tinkers is the plural of tinker, an itinerant metalworker who mends pots, pans, and other household items.
The word carries associations with wandering and improvisation.
To tinker is to fiddle with something, making small adjustments without a systematic plan: He tinkers with old radios in his garage.
The expression tinker's damn (or dam) means something worthless—so cheap even a tinker wouldn't value it.
Adjusts nervously or aimlessly
- fussesWorries over trifles
- puttersShort-range golf clubs
- dabblesEngages superficially
- meddlesInterferes in others' affairs
tampers · toys · adjusts · tweaks · potters · monkeys · twiddles · noodles
One who resolves issues
- repairerOne who restores function
- patcherOne who mends
- restorerOne who repairs
- handymanVersatile home repairer
servicer · reconditioner · overhauler · rebuilder · renovator · troubleshooter · maintainer · adjuster
Itinerant ethnic community member
- Irish TravellerNomadic ethnic group from Ireland
- itinerantMoving for work
- communityCollective of connected people
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
nomadic · encampment · caravan · tradition · clan · folklore · crafts · storytelling
fiddles
Adjusts nervously or aimlessly
meddles · tampers · toys · adjusts · tweaks · potters · monkeys · twiddles · noodles · plays
fixer
One who resolves issues
handyman · servicer · reconditioner · overhauler · rebuilder · renovator · troubleshooter · maintainer · adjuster · refurbisher
Traveller
Itinerant ethnic community member
- Irish TravellerNomadic ethnic group from Ireland
- itinerantMoving for work
- communityCollective of connected people
heritage · nomadic · encampment · caravan · tradition · clan · folklore · crafts · storytelling · tinsmithing
tinsmith
Light metal craftsperson
pewter · copper · brass · ironwork · sheetmetal · anvil · forge · hammering · welding · fabrication
traveler
One who journeys
vagrant · wayfarer · nomadic · caravan · transient · peripatetic · migrant · door-to-door · peddler · hawker
- superhumanssuperhumans, metahumans, superheroes, supervillains, mutants
- makersmakers, filmmaker, crafter, watchmaker, crafters
- market scenesstreet vendors, hawkers, merchants, traders, carts
- nomadsnomad, nomadism, Bedouin, wanderer, roaming
- vendorsstreet vendors, seller, hawkers, merchant, peddler
- commonerscommoner, commoners, peasant, peasants, common people
- Tinker BellMagical tiny flying companion
- tinker with
- tinker toysWooden building toy system
- tinker's damnWorthless amount or thing
- tinker tailorPair of traditional trades
- tinker, tailorItinerant mender and seamster