TINKERER Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

tinkerer

noun

as in amateur

a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession he's been tinkering with cars since he was a kid, and now he's a tinkerer who knows nearly as much as a mechanic

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Signed as an international amateur out of Venezuela by the New York Yankees in 2015, Chaparro was promoted to Triple-A for the first time in 2023.

Newsweek, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Reuss drove the 2025 Corvette ZR1 to a record to validate the vehicle's extreme performance and demonstrate that even a non-professional could drive it at that speed (truth be told, Mark knows his way around a racing circuit better than any amateur).

Michael Harley, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024

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