Synonyms for tamper
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Lead astray — to meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
- v. 2
To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
The alarm had been tampered with and didn’t go off when it should have.
- n. 1
A person or thing that tamps. A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- tool
Forms
- Plural
- tampers
- Past participle
- tampered
e.g. tampered → monkied, fiddled, seduced, debauched…
Example sentences
- monkey I'm not talking to you; I'm talking to the monkey.
- fiddle You're certainly looking fit as a fiddle today.
- seduce Robert tried to seduce Martha, but she rejected him.
- interfere Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
- meddle He has no right to meddle in our family's problems.
By length
- 6 letters
- monkey2, fiddle2, seduce2, meddle2
- 7 letters
- debauch
- 9 letters
- interfere3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (monkey2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- trafiquer
- Italiano
- trafficare
- Español
- traficar