What is another word for fiddle?
Synonyms for fiddle
ˈfɪd lfid·dle
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Wiktionary
fiddlenoun
Synonyms:
violinfiddlenoun
To play aimlessly.
You're fiddling your life away.
Synonyms:
violinfiddlenoun
To adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud etc.
That parameter setting is just a fiddle to make the lighting look right.
fiddlenoun
To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.
Synonyms:
violinfiddlenoun
On board a ship or boat, a rail or batten around the edge of a table or stove to prevent objects falling off at sea. (Also fiddle rail)
Synonyms:
violin
Princeton's WordNet
violin, fiddleverb
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
Synonyms:
violinfiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrickverb
avoid (one's assigned duties)
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
Synonyms:
monkey, shirk, con, play, rook, tinker, bunco, swindle, shrink from, toy, tamper, nobble, gyp, goldbrick, victimize, scam, hornswoggle, diddle, gip, short-change, defraud, mulctfiddleverb
commit fraud and steal from one's employer
"We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
Synonyms:
play, monkey, shirk, goldbrick, tamper, shrink from, toy, diddle, tinkerfiddleverb
play the violin or fiddle
Synonyms:
play, monkey, shirk, goldbrick, tamper, shrink from, toy, diddle, tinkerfiddleverb
play on a violin
"Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
Synonyms:
play, monkey, shirk, goldbrick, tamper, shrink from, toy, diddle, tinkertoy, fiddle, diddle, playverb
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
"She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"
Synonyms:
rook, swindle, bet, spiel, act, victimize, bring, gip, shirk, goldbrick, tamper, wager, run, con, flirt, trifle, diddle, monkey, meet, tinker, gyp, roleplay, dally, act as, toy, playact, encounter, make for, defraud, hornswoggle, play, represent, nobble, bunco, short-change, recreate, work, take on, scam, wreak, mulct, shrink fromtamper, fiddle, monkeyverb
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
"Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
Synonyms:
shrink from, shirk, muck about, monkey, goldbrick, potter, play, monkey around, tinker, muck around, putter, toy, tamper, meddle, mess around, diddletinker, fiddleverb
try to fix or mend
"Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
Synonyms:
play, shirk, muck around, goldbrick, monkey, shrink from, tinker, muck about, monkey around, putter, toy, mess around, diddle, potter, tamper
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
fiddlenoun
fiddleverb
Synonyms:
play on a fiddlefiddleverb
Synonyms:
trifle, dawdle, lose time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away time, fool away time
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#125 | work | |
#516 | play | |
#552 | act | |
#672 | run | |
#859 | meet | |
#1425 | bring | |
#2529 | con | |
#2897 | toy | |
#2976 | represent | |
#3468 | potter | |
#3619 | oak | |
#4364 | bet | |
#6182 | monkey | |
#7693 | encounter | |
#9656 | violin | |
#11065 | scam | |
#17688 | fudge | |
#18579 | flirt | |
#18731 | fiddle | |
#21903 | wager | |
#26041 | recreate | |
#26324 | putter | |
#26568 | tinker | |
#29684 | spiel | |
#29954 | fiddler | |
#33106 | tamper | |
#35780 | rook | |
#39769 | roleplay | |
#42454 | gip | |
#48580 | trifle | |
#49972 | defraud | |
#51515 | wreak | |
#58296 | swindle | |
#68256 | shirk | |
#69175 | meddle | |
#72473 | diddle | |
#81209 | dally | |
#113787 | gyp | |
#138234 | bunco | |
#164852 | victimize |
How to use fiddle in a sentence?
If you stop prioritizing your marriage and allow it to play second fiddle to work, your partner will probably start to feel isolated and angry.
To feel "fit as a fiddle" you must tone down your middle.
I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle - so all is peace.
The Sundarbans is too important an ecosystem to fiddle or experiment with.
He's the driving force in our sport. I was the bad guy. I felt second fiddle, but as all things have come around, he deserves everything, all the accolades he can get.
Translations for fiddle
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- كمانArabic
- измама, цигулкаBulgarian
- šumařit, marnitCzech
- ffidilWelsh
- violinDanish
- Fidel, Violine, Geige, Fiedel, Schiffsgeländer, fummeln, krummes DingGerman
- timo, chanchullo, arreglo, ajuste, petardo, tejemaneje, engaño, violín, engañifa, amañar, estafaSpanish
- viulu, soittaa, vilunki, viilata, temppu, haaskata, viritys, reunalista, näpelöidä, vinguttaa, koheltaaFinnish
- tour de passe-passe, truc, réglage, tripoter, ajustement, adaptation, crincrin, traficoter, bidouiller, violon, expédient, tripotage, cote mal tailléeFrench
- fidilIrish
- fìdheallScottish Gaelic
- biolManx
- כינורHebrew
- hegedű, hegedülHungarian
- ջութակArmenian
- violinoIdo
- fiðlaIcelandic
- stratagemma, truffa, viola, parapetto, marchingegno, trucco, frode, violinoItalian
- フィドル, いじり回すJapanese
- fyllCornish
- ຊໍLao
- vijoleLatvian
- raukoti, rāwekewekeMāori
- гуслаMacedonian
- vedel, fiedelen, vioolDutch
- feleNorwegian
- oszustwo, skrzypcePolish
- falcatrua, fraude, ajeitar, vadiar, logro, violino, rabeca, ajustePortuguese
- скрипка, надувательство, возиться, теребить, химичить, [[тратить]] [[время]] [[попусту]], мошенничество, мять, трюкRussian
- fiolSwedish
- ซอThai
- 小提琴Chinese
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