fiddler

Other forms of fiddler

plural

fiddlers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fiddler

What does fiddler mean?

fiddler means "a musician who plays the violin". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fiddler?

fiddler has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈfɪdəlɚ/.

What is another word for fiddler?

Close synonyms include violinist, twiddler, tinkerer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fiddler a common word?

fiddler is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.