Synonyms of diddling

diddling

verb

present participle of diddle

1

as in delaying

to move or act slowly

even though the hurricane was fast approaching, federal and local politicians wasted precious time diddling

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delaying
• poking
• crawling
• dragging
• lingering
• strolling
• playing
• dawdling
• shuffling
• creeping
• loitering
• lagging
• lollygagging
• lallygagging
• dallying
• moping
• stalling
• lounging
• falling behind
• dropping behind
• hanging fire
• tarrying
• dillydallying
• marking time
• idling
• shilly-shallying
• staggering
• loafing
• dragging one's heels
• sauntering
• taking one's time
• dragging one's feet
• trifling
• ambling
• fiddling (around)
• lolling
• hanging (around or out)
• fooling around
• puttering (around)
• inching
• pottering (around)
• messing around
• procrastinating
• monkeying (around)
• decelerating
• plodding
• easing
• slowing (down or up)
• temporizing
• lumbering
• filibustering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• running
• flying
• ripping
• tearing
• hurrying
• speeding
• racing
• whirling
• scurrying
• rushing
• whizzing
• dashing
• scooting
• zipping
• hastening
• whisking
• bolting
• humping
• scudding
• careering
• barreling
• coursing
• hustling
• scrambling
• rocketing
• darting
• running
• hurtling
• stampeding
• trotting
• galloping
• bowling
• breezing
• jogging
• barrelling
• sprinting
• accelerating
• hotfooting (it)
• quickening
• speeding (up)
• overtaking
• outrunning
• outstripping
• catching up
• outpacing
• fast-forwarding

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• running
• flying
• ripping
• tearing
• hurrying
• speeding
• racing
• whirling
• scurrying
• rushing
• whizzing
• dashing
• scooting
• zipping
• hastening
• whisking
• bolting
• humping
• scudding
• careering
• barreling
• coursing
• hustling
• scrambling
• rocketing
• darting
• running
• hurtling
• stampeding
• trotting
• galloping
• bowling
• breezing
• jogging
• barrelling
• sprinting
• accelerating
• hotfooting (it)
• quickening
• speeding (up)
• overtaking
• outrunning
• outstripping
• catching up
• outpacing
• fast-forwarding

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2

as in cheating

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

an unscrupulous Broadway producer diddles little old ladies by persuading them to invest in a surefire flop

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheating
• squeezing
• plucking
• hustling
• screwing
• stinging
• sticking
• beating
• doing
• fiddling
• bleeding
• defrauding
• victimizing
• swindling
• tricking
• fleecing
• conning
• bilking
• deceiving
• reaming
• shortchanging
• suckering
• chiselling
• exploiting
• shorting
• mulcting
• chiseling
• rooking
• fooling
• cozening
• stiffing
• gaffing
• skinning
• hosing
• shaking down
• nobbling
• ripping off
• betraying
• flimflamming
• extorting
• thimblerigging
• doing in
• chousing
• euchring
• clipping
• wrenching
• milking
• taking for a ride
• skunking
• taking to the cleaners
• gouging
• wringing
• nicking
• soaking
• duping
• selling a bill of goods to
• wresting
• overcharging
• gulling
• bitching
• bamboozling
• double-crossing
• roping (in)
• fast-talking