Synonyms for diddle
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Fiddle
fiddle, play, play with oneself informal, toy, trifle
2. Swindle
swindle, defraud, do, victimize, victimise UK, take, cheat, trick, delude, screw, bamboozle informal, sleep with, con, deceive, outwit, dupe, humbug, gammon, circumvent, sucker, scam, rook, gull
Other
masturbate, poke, loiter, lay, beat off, ball, waste time, sway, stagger, reel, lollygag US, footle
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To cheat; to swindle.
- v. 2
To molest.
- n. 1
In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed.
Example sentences
- fiddle You're certainly looking fit as a fiddle today.
- defraud It was an intricate scheme to defraud the rightful heirs.
- swindle Be careful. He's not an easy one to swindle.
- sway From the time he got up, his beliefs began to sway.
- poke I don't poke my nose into other people's business.
By length
- 2 letters
- do1
- 3 letters
- lay1, toy1, con1
- 4 letters
- take1, play1, ball1, scam1, reel1, poke1, sway1, rook1, gull1, dupe1
- 5 letters
- trick1, screw1, cheat1, dolly2
- 6 letters
- sucker2, fiddle2, trifle2, humbug2, delude2, outwit2, gammon2, loiter2, doddle, footle
- 7 letters
- deceive2, defraud2, stagger2, swindle2
- 8 letters
- lollygag
- 9 letters
- victimize3, bamboozle, victimise
- 10 letters
- masturbate3, circumvent3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dolly2 = 2 syllables).