Synonyms for fiddle with
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : fid-l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪd l |
Top 10 synonyms for fiddle with Other synonyms for the word fiddle with
- acclimatize
- accord
- adjust
- aid
- amend
- amuse oneself with
- arrange
- attend
- balance
- be amateur
- better
- busybody
- butt in
- change
- check
- clarify
- clean up
- clean up act
- clean up one's act
- compose
- conclude
- condition
- conform
- control
- convalesce
- cook
- coordinate
- correct
- cover
- cure
- cut
- dally
- damage
- darn
- debug
- destroy
- dial back
- dilly-dally
- dispose
- diversify
- do as Romans do
- do justice
- do over
- do up
- doctor
- ease
- edit
- emend
- engineer
- examine
- face-lift
- fake
- falsify
- fiddle with
- fine-tune
- fit
- fix
- fix up
- flirt with
- fool
- gain
- gerrymander
- get act together
- get better
- get it together
- get well
- get with it
- give a face-lift
- give facelift
- go over
- go straight
- grade
- grin and bear it
- habituate
- harmonize
- heal
- help
- horn in
- horse around
- idle
- improve
- inspect
- interlope
- interpose
- intrude
- irrigate
- juggle
- kid around
- knit
- launder
- look up
- make conform
- make good
- make over
- make right
- make up for
- manipulate
- meddle
- mend
- mess around
- mess around with
- methodize
- mitigate
- modernize
- modify
- monkey
- monkey around
- muck about
- muck around
- not be serious
- order
- organize
- overhaul
- palliate
- patch
- patch up
- pay dues
- perk up
- phony up
- pick up
- plant
- play
- play around
- play games with
- poke nose into
- polish
- put back together
- put in order
- put in place
- put right
- put to rights
- quadrate
- ready
- rebuild
- recalibrate
- reclaim
- recompense
- reconcile
- recondition
- reconstruct
- recover
- rectify
- recuperate
- redress
- reexamine
- refit
- reform
- refresh
- refurbish
- regulate
- reinforce
- rejuvenate
- relieve
- remedy
- remodel
- renew
- renovate
- reorganize
- repair
- restore
- retouch
- retread
- retrieve
- revamp
- review
- revise
- revive
- reward
- right
- scrub
- see to
- service
- set right
- set straight
- set to rights
- set upright
- settle
- sew
- shape up
- solve
- soothe
- sort
- sort out
- spike
- spruce
- square
- square up
- standardize
- straighten
- straighten out
- suit
- survey
- swim with the tide
- systematize
- tailor
- tailor-make
- tally
- tamper with
- tinker
- touch up
- toy with
- treat
- trifle
- trifle with
- trump up
- tune
- tune up
- turn around
- upgrade
- vary
- vindicate
- water
- work superficially
Définition of fiddle with
Origin :- late 14c., from fiddle (n.); the figurative sense of "to act nervously or idly" is from 1520s. Related: Fiddled; fiddling.
- As in mend : verb correct, improve, fix
- As in overhaul : verb redo, restore
- As in patch : verb fix, mend
- As in remedy : verb fix, cure
- As in repair : verb fix, restore
- As in rig : verb arrange for certain outcome
- As in right : verb fix, correct
- As in tamper : verb interfere, alter
- As in smarten : verb fix
- As in adjust : verb become or make prepared, adapted
- As in adjust : verb bring into agreement or to a standard
- As in correct : verb fix, adjust
- As in dabble : verb play at; tinker
- As in fix : verb mend, repair
Antonyms for fiddle with
- aggravate
- aid
- assist
- be permissive
- block
- blow
- blunder
- break
- change
- coddle
- confuse
- corrupt
- damage
- decline
- depress
- derange
- destroy
- deteriorate
- differ
- disagree
- disarrange
- disorder
- disorganize
- disperse
- disturb
- eat out
- forget
- get sick
- goof
- harm
- help
- hinder
- hurt
- ignore
- impair
- improve
- increase
- indulge
- injure
- intensify
- kill
- leave alone
- look away
- lose
- maintain
- mismatch
- miss
- mistake
- mix up
- move
- neglect
- obstruct
- pamper
- pet
- play fair
- punish
- refuse
- remain
- rend
- repair
- ruin
- scatter
- spoil
- stay
- stop
- take seriously
- tear
- unfit
- unfix
- unsettle
- unsuit
- upset
- weaken
- worsen
- wreck
- wrong
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