Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "stumble" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

stumble across stumble against stumble into stumble on stumble onto stumble upon stumble-drunk

Entails

walk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bloomer blooper blunder boner boo-boo botch bungle come by come into err flub foul-up fuckup gait mistake move pratfall slip walk

Manner Of

come by err move walk

Related Terms

stumbling block

Related Terms

action almost almost fall blunder clumsily clumsy confound error fall footing like like trip lose lose footing mislead misstep mistake stumbling block trip trip fall trouble walk walking

Synonym Network

blooper lurch trip

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