1. A skilled worker who mends or repairs things
   "The fixer carefully patched the torn sail";
   - mender, repairer
    
2. Someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
   "The fixer promised to 'make the problem go away' for a substantial sum";
   - influence peddler
    
3. A chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)
   "The photographer used a fixer to stabilize the developed photographs";
   - fixing agent
    
4. [informal] Synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
   "The clinic provided fixer as part of their opioid addiction treatment program";
   - methadone, methadone hydrochloride, methadon [rare], dolophine hydrochloride, synthetic heroin

Derived forms: fixers

Type of: chemical compound, compound, important person, influential person, narcotic, personage, skilled worker, trained worker

Encyclopedia: Fixer, Kentucky