Synonyms of fiddles

fiddles 1 of 2

noun

plural of fiddle

as in scams

chiefly British an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value

the e-mail was another one of those fiddles from some supposed Nigerian millionaire seeking to transfer funds out of his country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scams
• frauds
• swindles
• hustles
• cons
• devices
• shell games
• stings
• schemes
• hoaxes
• bunkos
• tricks
• buncos
• flimflams
• fixes
• crosses
• jigs
• rackets
• dodges
• pyramid schemes
• Ponzi schemes
• counterfeits
• phoneys
• stratagems
• sleights
• forgeries
• wiles
• gimmicks
• fakes
• ploys
• phonies
• rip-offs
• thimblerigs
• three-card montes
• shams
• humbug

fiddles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fiddle

1

as in fidgets

to make jerky or restless movements

the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fidgets
• tosses
• twitches
• squirms
• jerks
• twists
• wiggles
• writhes
• trembles
• shakes
• jiggles
• wriggles
• shivers
• jigs
• thrashes
• threshes
• quivers
• flutters
• flits
• squiggles
• shudders
• paces
• quakes
• twitters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rests
• relaxes
• unwinds
• calms (down)
• stills

• rests
• relaxes
• unwinds
• calms (down)
• stills

2

as in plucks

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plucks
• cheats
• squeezes
• hustles
• stings
• beats
• sticks
• screws
• diddles
• does
• tricks
• bleeds
• swindles
• deceives
• gaffs
• shorts
• reams
• bilks
• chisels
• defrauds
• suckers
• victimizes
• rips off
• mulcts
• exploits
• skins
• shakes down
• rooks
• stiffs
• fleeces
• shortchanges
• cozens
• fools
• cons
• hoses
• chouses
• nobbles
• wrenches
• flimflams
• does in
• betrays
• thimblerigs
• skunks
• euchres
• clips
• takes to the cleaners
• extorts
• sells a bill of goods to
• takes for a ride
• gouges
• nicks
• wrings
• soaks
• milks
• wrests
• overcharges
• gulls
• dupes
• bitches
• bamboozles
• double-crosses
• ropes (in)
• fast-talks