Stumbler

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who stumbles.

    "[…] the lisper, the burrer, the infant prattler, and the foreign stumbler over our speech […]"

  2. 2
    someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence wordnet
  3. 3
    a walker or runner who trips and almost falls wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
blundererbotcherbumblerbunglerbunglerbutcher

Example

More examples

"[…] the lisper, the burrer, the infant prattler, and the foreign stumbler over our speech […]"

Etymology

From stumble + -er.

Related phrases

agent noun

More for "stumbler"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.