Synonyms of fiddling

fiddling 1 of 3

adjective

as in little

lacking importance

you should delegate these fiddling matters to your staff so that you can focus on more important issues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• little
• minor
• small
• slight
• trivial
• incidental
• trifling
• worthless
• foolish
• frivolous
• negligible
• petty
• small-fry
• inconsiderable
• minute
• unimportant
• inconsequential
• insignificant
• nugatory
• Mickey Mouse
• neither here nor there
• obscure
• jerkwater
• nickel-and-dime
• small-time
• unknown
• one-horse
• anonymous
• paltry
• uncelebrated
• nameless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• substantial
• significant
• important
• major
• meaningful
• overriding
• big
• material
• fatal
• eventful
• consequential
• chief
• weighty
• impressive
• decisive
• outstanding
• principal
• dominant
• overbearing
• momentous
• remarkable
• distinctive
• prominent
• worthwhile
• unfrivolous
• basic
• exceptional
• valuable
• great
• fateful
• worthy
• distinguished
• eminent
• illustrious
• notorious
• fundamental
• essential
• overmastering
• key
• famous
• renowned
• prestigious
• preeminent
• all-important

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• substantial
• significant
• important
• major
• meaningful
• overriding
• big
• material
• fatal
• eventful
• consequential
• chief
• weighty
• impressive
• decisive
• outstanding
• principal
• dominant
• overbearing
• momentous
• remarkable
• distinctive
• prominent
• worthwhile
• unfrivolous
• basic
• exceptional
• valuable
• great
• fateful
• worthy
• distinguished
• eminent
• illustrious
• notorious
• fundamental
• essential
• overmastering
• key
• famous
• renowned
• prestigious
• preeminent
• all-important

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fiddling

2 of 3

noun

as in fidgeting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fidgeting
• squirming
• wriggling
• twitching
• writhing
• squirm
• mobility
• flailing
• waving
• locomotion
• flapping
• motility
• shifting
• migration
• stirring
• dislocation
• motion
• motivity
• relocation
• movement
• shift
• move
• stir

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inertia
• immobility
• stop
• pause
• finish
• motionlessness
• lapse
• shutdown
• stillness
• cessation
• stoppage
• halt
• termination
• expiration
• ending
• discontinuance
• inertness
• shutoff
• surcease

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• inertia
• immobility
• stop
• pause
• finish
• motionlessness
• lapse
• shutdown
• stillness
• cessation
• stoppage
• halt
• termination
• expiration
• ending
• discontinuance
• inertness
• shutoff
• surcease

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fiddling

3 of 3

verb

present participle of fiddle

1

as in twitching

to make jerky or restless movements

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fidgeting
• twitching
• squirming
• tossing
• jerking
• wiggling
• twisting
• jigging
• jiggling
• writhing
• shivering
• shaking
• trembling
• wriggling
• thrashing
• squiggling
• flitting
• threshing
• quivering
• fluttering
• shuddering
• twittering
• quaking
• pacing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resting
• unwinding
• relaxing
• calming (down)
• stilling

• resting
• unwinding
• relaxing
• calming (down)
• stilling

2

as in cheating

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive

Synonyms & Similar Words

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