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{
"fiddles":{
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
"examples":[
"the e-mail was another one of those fiddles from some supposed Nigerian millionaire seeking to transfer funds out of his country"
],
"synonyms":[
"buncos",
"bunkos",
"cons",
"flimflams",
"frauds",
"hustles",
"scams",
"shell games",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosses",
"fixes",
"Ponzi schemes",
"pyramid schemes",
"rackets",
"rip-offs",
"thimblerigs",
"three-card montes",
"devices",
"dodges",
"gimmicks",
"jigs",
"ploys",
"schemes",
"sleights",
"stratagems",
"tricks",
"wiles",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"hoaxes",
"humbug",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"shams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"examples":[
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
],
"synonyms":[
"fidgets",
"jerks",
"jiggles",
"jigs",
"squiggles",
"squirms",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"tosses",
"twists",
"twitches",
"wiggles",
"wriggles",
"writhes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flits",
"flutters",
"twitters",
"quakes",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"shudders",
"trembles",
"paces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"calms (down)",
"stills"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fiddling":{
"lacking importance":{
"examples":[
"you should delegate these fiddling matters to your staff so that you can focus on more important issues"
],
"synonyms":[
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"minute",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
]
},
"as in fidgeting , twitching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fidgeting",
"squirm",
"squirming",
"twitching",
"wriggling",
"writhing",
"locomotion",
"mobility",
"motility",
"motivity",
"flailing",
"flapping",
"waving",
"dislocation",
"migration",
"relocation",
"motion",
"move",
"movement",
"shift",
"shifting",
"stir",
"stirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"motionlessness",
"immobility",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"stillness",
"cessation",
"discontinuance",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"pause",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"examples":[
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
],
"synonyms":[
"fidgeting",
"jerking",
"jigging",
"jiggling",
"squiggling",
"squirming",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"tossing",
"twisting",
"twitching",
"wiggling",
"wriggling",
"writhing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"twittering",
"quaking",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shivering",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"pacing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"calming (down)",
"stilling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fiddling (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system"
],
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"synonyms":[
"diddling (with)",
"fooling (with)",
"messing (with)",
"monkeying (with)",
"playing (with)",
"tampering (with)",
"tinkering (with)",
"toying (with)",
"twiddling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abusing",
"altering",
"doctoring",
"manhandling",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"misusing",
"butting in",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"mucking (about or around)"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fiddle-footed":{
"easily excited by nature":{
"examples":[
"although fiddle-footed now, the kitten should settle down once it adjusts to its new home"
],
"synonyms":[
"excitable",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hyper",
"hyperactive",
"hyperexcitable",
"hyperkinetic",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittery",
"skittish",
"spasmodic",
"spooky"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"hot-blooded",
"mercurial",
"temperamental",
"unstable",
"volatile",
"volcanic",
"anxious",
"edgy",
"flibbertigibbety",
"nervy",
"tense",
"uptight",
"emotional",
"emotionalistic",
"hypersensitive",
"intense",
"sensitive",
"soulful",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"perturbable",
"prickly",
"testy",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unexcitable",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fiddlesticks":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"some people have one word for the game of golf: fiddlesticks !"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"fiddle (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"we spent the snow day just fiddling around"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang about",
"kick around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"clown (around)",
"horse around",
"diddle (with)",
"tinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckle (down)",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fiddle away":{
"to use up carelessly":{
"examples":[
"fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"lose",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"squander",
"throw away",
"trifle (away)",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splurge",
"consume",
"deplete",
"exhaust",
"impoverish",
"overspend",
"shoot",
"indulge",
"overindulge",
"disburse",
"expend",
"lay out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economize",
"scrimp",
"skimp",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"hoard",
"lay up"
],
"antonyms":[
"conserve"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fidgetiness":{
"a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{
"examples":[
"she couldn't stay still before her speech, and by her fidgetiness you could tell that she absolutely dreads speaking in public"
],
"synonyms":[
"edginess",
"fidgets",
"flightiness",
"jitteriness",
"jumpiness",
"restiveness",
"skittishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"disquiet",
"feverishness",
"franticness",
"freneticism",
"hand-wringing",
"perturbation",
"restlessness",
"trepidation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"upset",
"worry",
"nerves",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"butterflies",
"dither",
"heebie-jeebies",
"jimjams",
"jitters",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"willies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"sureness",
"control",
"self-control",
"aplomb",
"calm",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"ease",
"easiness",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"poise",
"repose",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fiddle":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"oh, fiddle ! I've heard that excuse a thousand times before"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
"examples":[
"the e-mail was another one of those fiddles from some supposed Nigerian millionaire seeking to transfer funds out of his country"
],
"synonyms":[
"bunco",
"bunko",
"con",
"flimflam",
"fraud",
"hustle",
"scam",
"shell game",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cross",
"fix",
"Ponzi scheme",
"pyramid scheme",
"racket",
"rip-off",
"thimblerig",
"three-card monte",
"device",
"dodge",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"ploy",
"scheme",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile",
"gouging",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"hoax",
"humbug",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"examples":[
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
],
"synonyms":[
"fidget",
"jerk",
"jig",
"jiggle",
"squiggle",
"squirm",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"toss",
"twist",
"twitch",
"wiggle",
"wriggle",
"writhe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flit",
"flutter",
"twitter",
"quake",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shiver",
"shudder",
"tremble",
"pace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relax",
"rest",
"unwind",
"calm (down)",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fiddled (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddled (with)",
"fooled (with)",
"messed (with)",
"monkeyed (with)",
"played (with)",
"tampered (with)",
"tinkered (with)",
"toyed (with)",
"twiddled (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abused",
"altered",
"doctored",
"manhandled",
"manipulated",
"mistreated",
"misused",
"butted in",
"interfered",
"intruded",
"meddled",
"mucked (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fidelities":{
"adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{
"examples":[
"they have never wavered in their fidelity to the cause of freedom"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhesion",
"allegiance",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"constancy",
"dedication",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fastness",
"fealty",
"loyalty",
"piety",
"steadfastness",
"troth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affection",
"fondness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resolution",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"unfaithfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fiddlings":{
"as in squirms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"squirms",
"locomotions",
"mobilities",
"motilities",
"motivities",
"dislocations",
"migrations",
"relocations",
"motions",
"movements",
"moves",
"shifts",
"stirrings",
"stirs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobilities",
"inertias",
"cessations",
"discontinuances",
"endings",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"pauses",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fiddler":{
"as in pianist , guitarist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionist",
"bassoonist",
"clarinetist",
"clarinettist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"flautist",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"accompanist",
"recitalist",
"soloist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fiddled away":{
"to use up carelessly":{
"examples":[
"fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"lavished",
"lost",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"spent",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"trifled (away)",
"wasted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splurged",
"consumed",
"depleted",
"exhausted",
"impoverished",
"overspent",
"shot",
"indulged",
"overindulged",
"disbursed",
"expended",
"laid out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economized",
"scrimped",
"skimped",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"hoarded",
"laid up"
],
"antonyms":[
"conserved"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fidelity":{
"adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{
"examples":[
"they have never wavered in their fidelity to the cause of freedom"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhesion",
"allegiance",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"constancy",
"dedication",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fastness",
"fealty",
"loyalty",
"piety",
"steadfastness",
"troth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affection",
"fondness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resolution",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"unfaithfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fiddling away":{
"to use up carelessly":{
"examples":[
"fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"lavishing",
"losing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"spending",
"squandering",
"throwing away",
"trifling (away)",
"wasting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splurging",
"consuming",
"depleting",
"exhausting",
"impoverishing",
"overspending",
"shooting",
"indulging",
"overindulging",
"disbursing",
"expending",
"laying out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economizing",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"hoarding",
"laying up"
],
"antonyms":[
"conserving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fiddles (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"we spent the snow day just fiddling around"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodles",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs about",
"kicks around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"clowns (around)",
"horses around",
"diddles (with)",
"tinkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckles (down)",
"knuckles down",
"sets (to)",
"settles (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fidgeted":{
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"examples":[
"small children are likely to fidget in church"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddled",
"jerked",
"jigged",
"jiggled",
"squiggled",
"squirmed",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"tossed",
"twisted",
"twitched",
"wiggled",
"wriggled",
"writhed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flitted",
"fluttered",
"twittered",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shivered",
"shook",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"paced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"calmed (down)",
"stilled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fidgets":{
"a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{
"examples":[
"one dental patient in the waiting room had a bad case of the fidgets"
],
"synonyms":[
"edginess",
"fidgetiness",
"flightiness",
"jitteriness",
"jumpiness",
"restiveness",
"skittishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"disquiet",
"feverishness",
"franticness",
"freneticism",
"hand-wringing",
"perturbation",
"restlessness",
"trepidation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"upset",
"worry",
"nerves",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"butterflies",
"dither",
"heebie-jeebies",
"jimjams",
"jitters",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"willies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"sureness",
"control",
"self-control",
"aplomb",
"calm",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"ease",
"easiness",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"poise",
"repose",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"examples":[
"small children are likely to fidget in church"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddles",
"jerks",
"jiggles",
"jigs",
"squiggles",
"squirms",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"tosses",
"twists",
"twitches",
"wiggles",
"wriggles",
"writhes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flits",
"flutters",
"twitters",
"quakes",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"shudders",
"trembles",
"paces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"calms (down)",
"stills"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fiddling (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"we spent the snow day just fiddling around"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodling",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging about",
"kicking around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"clowning (around)",
"horsing around",
"diddling (with)",
"tinkering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckling (down)",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fidgeting":{
"as in twitching , fiddling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"squirm",
"squirming",
"twitching",
"wriggling",
"writhing",
"locomotion",
"mobility",
"motility",
"motivity",
"flailing",
"flapping",
"waving",
"dislocation",
"migration",
"relocation",
"motion",
"move",
"movement",
"shift",
"shifting",
"stir",
"stirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"motionlessness",
"immobility",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"stillness",
"cessation",
"discontinuance",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"pause",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"examples":[
"small children are likely to fidget in church"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"jerking",
"jigging",
"jiggling",
"squiggling",
"squirming",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"tossing",
"twisting",
"twitching",
"wiggling",
"wriggling",
"writhing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"twittering",
"quaking",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shivering",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"pacing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"calming (down)",
"stilling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fiddled":{
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"examples":[
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
],
"synonyms":[
"fidgeted",
"jerked",
"jigged",
"jiggled",
"squiggled",
"squirmed",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"tossed",
"twisted",
"twitched",
"wiggled",
"wriggled",
"writhed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flitted",
"fluttered",
"twittered",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shivered",
"shook",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"paced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"calmed (down)",
"stilled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fiddles away":{
"to use up carelessly":{
"examples":[
"fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"lavishes",
"loses",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"spends",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"trifles (away)",
"wastes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splurges",
"consumes",
"depletes",
"exhausts",
"impoverishes",
"overspends",
"shoots",
"indulges",
"overindulges",
"disburses",
"expends",
"lays out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economizes",
"scrimps",
"skimps",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"hoards",
"lays up"
],
"antonyms":[
"conserves"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"fiddle-faddle":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"a grandmother who routinely pooh-poohed the advice of the so-called experts in child care as so much fiddle-faddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fiddled (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"we spent the snow day just fiddling around"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung about",
"kicked around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"clowned (around)",
"horsed around",
"diddled (with)",
"tinkered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckled (down)",
"knuckled down",
"settled (down)",
"set (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fidgety":{
"making jerky or restless movements":{
"examples":[
"I get too fidgety to sit after a few minutes in a waiting room"
],
"synonyms":[
"antsy",
"squirmy",
"twitchy",
"wiggly",
"wriggly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aflutter",
"fluttery",
"twittery",
"quaking",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shivering",
"shivery",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"anxious",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"het up",
"hung up",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"restive",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"easy",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"motionless",
"still"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fiddlers":{
"as in pianists , guitarists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"clarinetists",
"clarinettists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"accompanists",
"recitalists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fiddles (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddles (with)",
"fools (with)",
"messes (with)",
"monkeys (with)",
"plays (with)",
"tampers (with)",
"tinkers (with)",
"toys (with)",
"twiddles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuses",
"alters",
"doctors",
"manhandles",
"manipulates",
"mistreats",
"misuses",
"butts in",
"interferes",
"intrudes",
"meddles",
"mucks (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fidget":{
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"examples":[
"small children are likely to fidget in church"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddle",
"jerk",
"jig",
"jiggle",
"squiggle",
"squirm",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"toss",
"twist",
"twitch",
"wiggle",
"wriggle",
"writhe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flit",
"flutter",
"twitter",
"quake",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shiver",
"shudder",
"tremble",
"pace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relax",
"rest",
"unwind",
"calm (down)",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fiddle (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddle (with)",
"fool (with)",
"mess (with)",
"monkey (with)",
"play (with)",
"tamper (with)",
"tinker (with)",
"toy (with)",
"twiddle (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuse",
"alter",
"doctor",
"manhandle",
"manipulate",
"mistreat",
"misuse",
"butt in",
"interfere",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"muck (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}