Noun

• S: (n) violin, fiddle (bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• part meronym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) bowed stringed instrument, string (stringed instruments that are played with a bow) "the strings played superlatively well"
• S: (n) bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass (largest and lowest member of the violin family)
• S: (n) cello, violoncello (a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing)
• S: (n) viol (any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family)
• S: (n) viola (a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower)
• S: (n) violin, fiddle (bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow)
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick (avoid (one's assigned duties)) "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
• S: (v) fiddle (commit fraud and steal from one's employer) "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
• S: (v) fiddle (play the violin or fiddle)
• S: (v) fiddle (play on a violin) "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
• S: (v) toy, fiddle, diddle, play (manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination) "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"
• S: (v) tamper, fiddle, monkey (play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly) "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
• S: (v) tinker, fiddle (try to fix or mend) "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"