Stutter

/ˈstʌtɚ/

Synonyms for "stutter" (55 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(6 words)

stammerbe tongue-tiedchoke choppiness disfluency falter

balbuties dysphemia falter

Verb(2 words)

bumble bumbled

Strong matches (17)

Verb(3 words)

falter falters hesitates

faltering gibber halt hammer haw hemhem and hawhesitate hesitation hum

Noun(4 words)

flounderhalting speechhesitating hiccup

Related words (27)

hum and hawmammer mumble palilalia slur stammer stammering stumble stuttering traulism

Noun(9 words)

impediment interruptionmore stammeringspeech impedimentsplutter sputtering sputters stammers stumbling

Verb(8 words)

spluttered splutters sputter sputtered stammer stammered stumbled stuttered

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

13 entries

communicationdefect of speechdisruption mouth proceed speakspeech defectspeech disordertalk utter verbalise verbalize

More specific

9 entries

blockdata collection stutterdevelopmental stutterfalter mumbleneurogenic stutterproduction stutterstammer stumble

Collocations

10 entries

developmental stutterneurogenic stutterspeech blockspeech disfluencystutter frequencystutter onsetstutter ratestutter severitystuttering behaviorstuttering pattern

Inflections

3 entries

stuttered stuttering stutters

Derivations

2 entries

stutterer stuttering

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When she began to stutter, her classmates couldn't help laughing.

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Don't stutter!

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I sometimes stutter.

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How is it you speak with such a stutter?

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