Synonyms for violin
ˌvaɪ əˈlɪnvi·o·lin

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1. violinnoun

   Synonyms:
   fiddle

2. violinnoun

   A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string. Pitch is set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers.

   Synonyms:
   fiddle

3. violinnoun

   A violinist

   The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.

   Synonyms:
   fiddle

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1. violin, fiddlenoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   fiddle

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1. • Bowed Stringed Instrument

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1. violinnoun

   Synonyms:
   fiddle, KIT

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1. violinnoun

   Synonyms:
   fiddle, kit

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1. List of paraphrases for "violin":

   fiddle, fiddler, violinist, fiddling

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1. Chris Jones:

   They were not just awake, they were driven. It was torture for them to do nothing, they like to run marathons -- many of our natural short sleepers ran marathons -- including mountain marathons where you go straight up. One of them decided he was going to build a violin, and he did.

2. Dejan Stojanovic:

   There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.

3. Samuel Butler:

   Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

4. S. J. Perelman:

   Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin .. it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.

5. Edward Lear:

   I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle - so all is peace.