tamper

The word “tamper” has 2 syllables: tam-per

It's pronounced as /ˈtæm.pər/


What is synonym and antonym for tamper?

In the thesaurus, “tamper” has 13 synonyms and 1 antonym.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tamper along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for tamper

  • encroach
  • fiddle
  • fool
  • infringe
  • interfere
  • intervene
  • invade
  • meddle
  • monkey
  • monkey with
  • play
  • tinker
  • trespass

Antonyms for tamper

  • avoid

Meanings of tamper

  • noun
    1. A person or thing that tamps.
    2. A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
    3. A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
    4. An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
  • verb
    1. To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
    2. To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
    3. To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
    4. To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.).
    5. To attempt to practise or administer something (especially medicine) without sufficient knowledge or qualifications.
    6. (in professional sports) To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.

Example Sentences

  • It's illegal to tamper with evidence during an investigation.
  • Please don't tamper with the thermostat, it’s set to the perfect temperature.
  • The security system will alert us if anyone tries to tamper with the locks.
  • He was caught attempting to tamper with the computer files.
  • She was accused of trying to tamper with the voting machines.

On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tamper, such as: avoid, encroach, fiddle, fool, infringe, interfere, intervene.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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dallied

  • aestivated
  • ambled
  • amused
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  • boondoggle
  • bummed
  • carry on
  • cavorted
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  • cosset
  • courted
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  • flirted
  • fool around
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  • fooled
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  • footled
  • frisked
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  • frivol
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  • frolic
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  • gambol
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  • goldbricked
  • hang about
  • hanged
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  • idle
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  • lag
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  • lollygag
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  • manipulated
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  • mashed
  • messed
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  • monkeyed
  • moped
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  • mucked
  • piddled
  • play around
  • play games with
  • played
  • pleased
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  • rollick
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  • romp
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  • sauntered
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  • shilly-shallied
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  • skylarked
  • sported
  • staggered
  • stalled
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  • strung along
  • swanned
  • tamper
  • tarried
  • tarry
  • teased
  • temporized
  • toyed
  • trail
  • trifle with
  • trifled
  • truanted
  • vamped
  • vegged out
  • wanton
  • waste time
  • while away
  • wooed

damage

  • abrasion
  • abuse
  • accident
  • account
  • adjustment
  • adulteration
  • adversity
  • afflict
  • affliction
  • affront
  • aggrieve
  • amends
  • annihilate
  • ante
  • asking price
  • assessment
  • atonement
  • award
  • bane
  • bang up
  • bash
  • batter
  • beating
  • bill
  • bleach
  • blemish
  • blight
  • bloody
  • blow
  • blow out
  • boo-boo
  • botch
  • break
  • breakage
  • bruise
  • bump
  • burn
  • carrying charge
  • casualty
  • catastrophe
  • cave-in
  • chafe
  • charge
  • check
  • clobber
  • compensation
  • compromise
  • concussion
  • contaminate
  • contamination
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  • corrode
  • corrupt
  • corruption
  • cost
  • crab
  • crack
  • crease
  • cripple
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  • crush
  • cut
  • dart
  • dash
  • debasement
  • decimate
  • deduction
  • deface
  • defacement
  • defile
  • demolish
  • dent
  • deposit
  • depreciation
  • deprivation
  • desolate
  • destroy
  • destruction
  • deteriorate
  • deterioration
  • detriment
  • devastate
  • devastation
  • ding
  • dint
  • dirty
  • disability
  • disable
  • disablement
  • discolor
  • discount
  • disfigure
  • disfigurement
  • disintegrate
  • dismantle
  • disservice
  • disturbance
  • do in
  • down payment
  • endamage
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • erode
  • evil
  • expiation
  • fade
  • fair market value
  • fee
  • figure
  • fine
  • flaw
  • forfeit
  • forfeiture
  • freight
  • gash
  • gnaw
  • gore
  • graze
  • hamstring
  • hardship
  • harm
  • hurt
  • illness
  • impair
  • impairment
  • incapacitate
  • indemnification
  • indemnity
  • indignity
  • infect
  • infliction
  • injure
  • injury
  • injustice
  • insult
  • invoice
  • knockout
  • lacerate
  • laceration
  • lame
  • lay up
  • lesion
  • list price
  • maim
  • maltreat
  • mangle
  • mar
  • markdown
  • market value
  • marring
  • mayhem
  • mischief
  • mishap
  • mulct
  • mutilate
  • mutilation
  • nick
  • offence
  • offense
  • outrage
  • overcharge
  • penalty
  • pollute
  • pollution
  • price
  • price point
  • price tag
  • pulverize
  • punishment
  • punitive damages
  • queer
  • quittance
  • rate
  • ravage
  • raze
  • recompense
  • recoupment
  • redress
  • reduction
  • refund
  • reimbursement
  • remuneration
  • reparation
  • reparations
  • repayment
  • requital
  • restitution
  • retaliation
  • reverse
  • rot
  • ruin
  • ruining
  • rupture
  • rust
  • sale
  • satisfaction
  • scald
  • scar
  • scathe
  • scorch
  • scour
  • scourge
  • scrape
  • scratch
  • sear
  • service charge
  • service fee
  • settlement
  • shatter
  • smash
  • solatium
  • split
  • spoil
  • spoilage
  • stab
  • stain
  • sticker price
  • strain
  • suffering
  • surcharge
  • swelling
  • tab
  • tamper with
  • tariff
  • tarnish
  • tear
  • tear down
  • torment
  • torture
  • total
  • undermine
  • unit price
  • valuation
  • value
  • vitiate
  • wash out
  • waste
  • weaken
  • wear away
  • wipe out
  • wound
  • wreak havoc on
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking
  • wrong

damages

  • abuse
  • abuses
  • accident
  • adjustment
  • adulteration
  • adversity
  • affliction
  • afflicts
  • aggrieves
  • amends
  • annihilates
  • assessment
  • atonement
  • award
  • bane
  • bang up
  • bangs up
  • bashes
  • batter
  • batters
  • bill
  • bleach
  • blemish
  • blemishes
  • blight
  • blights
  • bloodies
  • blow
  • blows out
  • botches
  • break
  • breakage
  • breaks
  • bruise
  • bruises
  • burn
  • casualty
  • catastrophe
  • cave-in
  • charge
  • clobbers
  • compensation
  • compromises
  • contaminate
  • contamination
  • contuses
  • corrode
  • corrupt
  • corruption
  • crabs
  • crack
  • creases
  • cripple
  • cripples
  • crushes
  • cuts
  • dashes
  • debasement
  • decimates
  • deface
  • defaces
  • defile
  • demolishes
  • dents
  • depreciation
  • deprivation
  • desolates
  • destroys
  • destruction
  • deteriorates
  • deterioration
  • detriment
  • devastates
  • devastation
  • dings
  • dints
  • dirty
  • disables
  • discolor
  • disfigure
  • disfigures
  • disintegrate
  • dismantle
  • disservice
  • disturbance
  • does in
  • endamages
  • enervates
  • enfeebles
  • erodes
  • evil
  • expense
  • expiation
  • fade
  • fine
  • flaws
  • forfeit
  • forfeiture
  • gashes
  • gnaw
  • gores
  • grazes
  • hamstrings
  • hardship
  • harm
  • harms
  • hurt
  • hurts
  • illness
  • impair
  • impairment
  • impairs
  • incapacitate
  • indemnification
  • indemnity
  • infect
  • infliction
  • injure
  • injures
  • knockout
  • lacerate
  • lacerates
  • lames
  • lays up
  • maim
  • maims
  • maltreat
  • maltreats
  • mangle
  • mangles
  • mar
  • marring
  • mars
  • mischief
  • mishap
  • mulct
  • mutilate
  • mutilates
  • mutilation
  • nicks
  • outrage
  • penalty
  • pollute
  • pollution
  • pulverizes
  • punishment
  • punitive damages
  • queers
  • quittance
  • ravage
  • razes
  • recompense
  • recoupment
  • redress
  • refund
  • reimbursement
  • remuneration
  • reparation
  • reparations
  • repayment
  • requital
  • restitution
  • retaliation
  • reverse
  • rot
  • ruin
  • ruining
  • ruins
  • rust
  • satisfaction
  • scalds
  • scars
  • scathe
  • scathes
  • scorch
  • scourges
  • scours
  • scrapes
  • scratch
  • settlement
  • shatters
  • smash
  • smashes
  • solatium
  • split
  • spoil
  • spoilage
  • spoils
  • stab
  • stain
  • strains
  • stroke
  • suffering
  • tamper with
  • tarnish
  • tarnishes
  • tear
  • tears
  • tears down
  • torments
  • tortures
  • total
  • totals
  • undermine
  • undermines
  • vitiate
  • vitiates
  • washes out
  • waste
  • wastes
  • weaken
  • weakens
  • wear away
  • wipes out
  • wound
  • wounds
  • wreak havoc on
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking
  • wrecks
  • wrong

falsifies

  • contradict
  • contravene
  • counterfeit
  • deceive
  • distort
  • distorts
  • exaggerate
  • fake
  • forge
  • misrepresents
  • misstate
  • pervert
  • refutes
  • tamper with

falsify

  • contradict
  • contravene
  • counterfeit
  • deceive
  • distort
  • exaggerate
  • fake
  • forge
  • misrepresent
  • misstate
  • pervert
  • refute
  • tamper with

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