TAMPER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TAMPER?

Need another word that means the same as “tamper”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “tamper” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Tamper” are: fiddle, monkey, meddle, interfere, monkey around, tinker, fiddle about, fiddle around, fool about, fool around, play about, play around, toy, trifle, dabble, tamp, tamping bar

Tamper as a Noun

Definitions of "Tamper" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tamper” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.
• A machine or tool for tamping down earth or ballast.

Synonyms of "Tamper" as a noun (2 Words)

tamp	A tool for tamping e g for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.
tamping bar	A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.

Tamper as a Verb

Definitions of "Tamper" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tamper” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly.
• Interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations.
• Intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly.

Synonyms of "Tamper" as a verb (15 Words)

dabble	Play in or as if in water, as of small children. Teal dabble in the shallows.
fiddle	Play the violin or fiddle. The reporter fiddle with the facts.
fiddle about	Play on a violin.
fiddle around	Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly.
fool about	Spend frivolously and unwisely.
fool around	Make a fool or dupe of.
interfere	Of light or other electromagnetic waveforms interact to produce interference. You promised not to interfere.
meddle	Interfere in something that is not one’s concern. Don t meddle in my affairs.
monkey	Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly. Then marched the Three who monkeyed our Great and Dead.
monkey around	Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly.
play about	Behave carelessly or indifferently.
play around	Perform on a certain location.
tinker	Work as a tinker or tinkerer. He spent hours tinkering with the car.
toy	Eat or drink (something) in an unenthusiastic way. Alan toyed with his glasses.
trifle	Act frivolously. Men who trifle with women s affections.

Usage Examples of "Tamper" as a verb

• Someone tampered with the documents on my desk.
• Someone tampered with the brakes of my car.

Associations of "Tamper" (30 Words)

affair	An object of a particular type. His time was spent in winding up his affairs.
authorities	The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit. The matter was referred to higher authorities.
between	In between. Dancing all the dances with little rest between.
busybody	A meddling or prying person. Others considered him an interfering busybody.
cease	Cease is a noun only in the phrase without cease end. On his retirement the job will cease to exist.
curious	Expressing curiosity. A curious stare.
disrupt	(of a company or form of technology) cause radical change in (an industry or market) by means of innovation. If an explosion of volcanic steam had formed the crater the blast from below would have disrupted the underlying rock.
disruptive	Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination. Disruptive pupils.
dissuade	Persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action. His friends tried to dissuade him from flying.
hinderance	The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding.
interfere	Of light or other electromagnetic waveforms interact to produce interference. Light pulses interfere constructively in a fibre to emit a pulse.
interference	The combination of two or more electromagnetic waveforms to form a resultant wave in which the displacement is either reinforced or cancelled. Concerns about government interference in church life.
interfering	(of a person) tending to interfere in other people’s affairs. Interfering busybodies.
interject	Say (something) abruptly, especially as an aside or interruption. She interjected clever remarks.
interpose	Exercise or advance (a veto or objection. She interposed herself between the newcomers.
interrupt	A signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out. Of course Shepherd began but his son interrupted him.
interruption	Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity. A chance to study without interruption.
intervene	Be situated between things. The snowy peaks of the Himalayas stood glistening in the far distance high above the wooded mountains that intervened.
intervention	Interference by a state in another’s affairs. The purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits.
intrude	Put oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited. To intrude political criteria into military decisions risks reducing efficiency.
meddle	Touch or handle (something) without permission. Don t meddle in my affairs.
meddlesome	Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. Heaven rid him of meddlesome politicians.
meddling	Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. Bureaucratic meddling.
mediator	A negotiator who acts as a link between parties. The government appointed a mediator to assist in finding a resolution to the dispute.
monkey	A person who is dominated or controlled by another with reference to the monkey traditionally kept by an organ grinder. Then marched the Three who monkeyed our Great and Dead.
negotiator	Someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement. A hostage negotiator.
nosy	Pry into something. He flipped through my letters in his nosy way.
obstructionist	Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take.
obtrude	Push to thrust outward. I felt unable to obtrude my private sorrow upon anyone.
pack	A quantity of fish fruit or other foods packed or canned in a particular season. Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies.