The company is attempting to stagger work hours.
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Stagger
//ˈstæɡə//
Synonyms for "stagger" (314 found)
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Closest matches (63)
lurchaffrightagitatealarmalternateamazeambleamplitudeappalarrhythmiaastonishastoundaweawestrikeback and fillbargebe drunkbe incrediblebe intoxicatedbe unbelievable
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bedazebedazzlebewilderblow hot and coldblunderbogglebowl alongbowl downbowl overbreathbrokennessbundleburdencambercapriciousnesscapsizecareencareerchoppinessclumpcome a cropperconfoundcrackcranklecurdle the blooddazedazzledesultorinessdevastatediscombobulatediscomposedisconcertdisconnectednessdiscontinuitydisquietdisturbditherdodragdroop
Verb(3 words)
Strong matches (94)
dumbfounddumbfounderebb and floweccentricityelectrifyerraticnessfallfall downfall flatfall headlongfall overfall prostratefalterfarefibrillationfill with doubtfitfulnessfits and startsflabbergastflight path
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flingfloorflounceflounderfluctuatefluctuationflummoxflurryflusterflutterfootfootslogfounderfrightfrightenfunkfussgaitgallopgetget a cropperget byget ongogo through phaseshalthave two mindshippety-hophitchhobblehophorripilateinconstancyintermittenceirregularityjarjerkinessjogjoltjumpknockknock overlaborlimplistlock steplumberlungemake one tremblemanagemincemincing stepsmuddle throughnonplusnonuniformityoscillateovercomeoverpoweroverwhelmpacepaddleparalyzepass beliefpass outpatchinesspegpendulateperplexperturbpetrify
Noun(1 words)
Related words (157)
piaffepiafferpitchpitch and plungeplodplungepopprancepuzzlequakerackraise apprehensionsrattlerearrangereelring the changesrockrollroughnessruffle
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Verb(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
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9 entrieshas context
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41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
Translations
129 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَرَنُّح noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- تَرَنَّحَ verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
Bulgarian
4 entries- замайване noun (bewilderment; perplexity)
- клатушкане noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- олюляване noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- смайване noun (bewilderment; perplexity)
Catalan
4 entries- tentines noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- trontoll noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- tentinejar verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- tentinejar verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 踉蹌 /踉跄 verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
Czech
4 entries- motolice noun (a disease of horses and other animals)
- potácení se noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- vrávorání noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- být na vážkách verb (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes)
Dutch
4 entries- wankel noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- twijfelen verb (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes)
- waggelen verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
- wankelen verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
Finnish
4 entries- hoipertelu noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- hämmennys noun (bewilderment; perplexity)
- laidunhalvaus noun (a disease of horses and other animals)
- epäröidä verb (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes)
French
4 entries- chanceler noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- flageoler noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- tituber noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- vaciller noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
Galician
2 entries- cambalear verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- cambalear verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
German
4 entries- Schwanken noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- Wanken noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- taumeln verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- torkeln verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
Greek
1 entries- παραπατώ noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
Hungarian
3 entries- botladozás noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- döbbenet noun (bewilderment; perplexity)
- botladozik verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
Icelandic
4 entries- reika verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- riða verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- skjögra verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- slangra verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
Ingrian
4 entries- horjua verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- horjua verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
- häilyä verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- häylyä verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
Irish
2 entries- agaigh verb (multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places)
- tuisligh verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
Italian
4 entries- barcollare noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- vacillare noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- barcollare verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- barcollare verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
Japanese
1 entries- よろめく verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
Latin
4 entries- nūtō verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
- titubō verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- titubō verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
- vacillō verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
Middle English
3 entries- stakeren verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- stakeren verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
- stakeren verb (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes)
Māori
4 entries- hurori noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- hīrori noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- hīrori noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- hīrorirori noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
Occitan
2 entries- titubar verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- trampelar verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
Polish
1 entries- wahać się verb (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes)
Portuguese
4 entries- cambaleante noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- cambalear verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- cambalear verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
- hesitar verb (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes)
Russian
4 entries- шата́ние noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- колеба́ться verb (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes)
- шата́ться verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- шата́ться verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
Sanskrit
1 entries- हूर्छति verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
Spanish
4 entries- tambaleo noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- dubir verb (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes)
- dubitar verb (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes)
- herer verb (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes)
Swedish
4 entries- stappla noun (an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing)
- ragla verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
- vackla verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- vackla verb (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes)
Thai
2 entries- เซ verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
- เซ verb (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
Turkish
1 entries- sendelemek verb (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
Nothing can ever stagger her belief.
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But somehow he managed to stagger to the doors.
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The march toward progress is really more of a haphazard stagger.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.