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Synonyms of tamper

22 similar words

Another word for tamper is interfere. Other synonyms of tamper are ballast tamper, tamping machine, debauch, lead astray and seduce.

Synonyms and similar words for tamper

nounA railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.

  • ballast tamper
  • tamping machineA self-propelled rail-mounted machine used to pack or tamp ballast under railway tracks; a ballast tamper.

verbTo make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with...

verbTo meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.

  • debauchTo morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.
  • lead astrayTo influence (someone) to have bad habits or to behave improperly or illegally.
  • seduceTo beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
  • adulterateTo corrupt, to debase (someone or something).
  • corruptTo make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
  • fileTo corrupt.
  • immoralizeTo corrupt; to make immoral.
  • pervert
  • polluteTo corrupt or profane.
  • sophisticate figurativelyTo alter and make impure (something) by mixing it with some foreign or inferior substance, especially with an intention...
  • subornTo induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.
  • subvertTo pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
  • unmoralizeTo make immoral or corrupt.
  • vitiateTo debase or morally corrupt.
  • warpTo deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
  • demoralize datedTo erode the moral adherence of; to corrupt.
  • detort datedTo pervert.
  • preposterate obsoleteTo pervert or disgrace.

verbTo discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.

  • tap up UKTo make an approach to a player, under contract to another club, in order to attempt to negotiate a transfer.

Meaning of tamper

  1. noun A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
  2. noun A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
  3. noun 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.

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Questions about synonyms of tamper

What is another word for tamper?
Tamper has 22 synonyms on Word.ws, such as interfere, ballast tamper, tamping machine, debauch, lead astray, seduce, adulterate and corrupt.
What does tamper mean?
Tamper means a tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tamper (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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