Stumble

/ˈstʌmbəl/

Synonyms for "stumble" (256 found)

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Closest matches (52)

Noun(8 words)

misstep stagger trip blunder blundering blunders bumbling clunks

bad jobbalk bargebe all thumbsbefog bevue bewilder blunderblunder awayblunder intoblunder onblunder uponbobble bogglebonehead playbonerboo booboo-boo botch breakdown

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bumble bumpbump intobungle butcher cap capsize careen career chance clumpclumsy performancecollapsecome a croppercome acrosscome up againstcomedowncommit a gaffeconfound confuse

Verb(4 words)

blundered bumble bumbled bumbles

Strong matches (76)

crash cropper culbute deflation demur deviate discover dive downfall encounter err error etourderie fallfall downfall flatfall headlongfall into errorfall overfall prostrate

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fall uponfalse movefalse stepfalterfaux pasfind flop flounce flounder flub fluff foozleforced landingfounder fumble gag gaucherieget a croppergo amissgo astraygo awrygo wronghalt happen hashhave two mindshaw header hemhem and hawhesitate hithit uponhobble humhum and haw

Noun(13 words)

croppers discover error faltering find flounder floundering flounders flubbing fluffs fumbles hesitate hiccup

Verb(7 words)

falter faltered falters floundered flubbed fumbled hit

Related words (128)

inadvertence inadvertency jib labor lapselapsus calamilapsus linguaelight limp listloose threadluck lumber lurch mammer mar meet mess miscalculate miscue

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misstep mistake muck muddle muff mumble murdernose diveoff dayomission oversight pause peccadillo perplex pitchpitch and plungeplay havoc withplunge pose pratfall puzzle reel rock rollrun acrosssad workscruple seethe shy slipslip of the tongueslip upslipup smash snapper spill spoil sprawlspread eaglespread-eagle stagger stammer stick stickle strain stray struggle stump stutter sway swing tailspintake a falltake a floptake a headertake a pratfalltake a spillteeterthrash abouttilt toppletopple downtopple overtosstoss and tumbletoss and turntotter trip tumbleturn turtlevolutation wallop wallow wander waver welter wobblewrong step

Noun(18 words)

limper lurch missteps mistake overbalance shambles shambling slip staggering stammer stumbling stutters toddling tottering trip-up tripping trips tumbles

Verb(12 words)

lucking reeledslip upsputter staggered staggers stuttered triptrip uptripped waddles weltered

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More general

30 entries

action bloomer blooper blunder boner boo-boo botch bunglecome bycome intodifficulty discover err error event find

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More specific

10 entries

grammar slipmispronouncepronunciation errorslipspeech errorstagger stammer trip uncover unearth

Collocations

7 entries

major stumbleminor stumblepronunciation stumblepublic stumblespeech stumblestumbling blockstumbling gait

Inflections

3 entries

stumbled stumbles stumbling

Derivations

3 entries

stumbler stumbling stumblingly

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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I often stumble over something as I am blind as a bat in the dark.

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She walked carefully so as not to stumble over a rock.

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Don't stumble over the rock.

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While I run, I stumble.

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