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Synonyms for stumble
ˈstʌm bəlstum·ble

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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. stumblenoun

    Synonyms:
    fluff, thinko, error, mistake, blooper, defect, slip, blunder, lapse, faux pas, gaffe, boo-boo, fault

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. lurch, stumble, staggernoun

    an unsteady uneven gait

    Synonyms:
    stagger, misstep, lurch, lunge, pitch, trip-up, trip, pitching

  2. trip, trip-up, stumble, misstepverb

    an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

    "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

    Synonyms:
    tripper, misstep, lurch, slip, trip-up, trip, stagger, head trip

  3. stumble, falter, bumbleverb

    walk unsteadily

    "The drunk man stumbled about"

    Synonyms:
    stutter, bollocks up, spoil, bobble, bungle, waver, bollix, mishandle, trip up, falter, screw up, trip, foul up, bodge, flub, bollocks, slip up, fumble, botch up, fluff, ball up, bumble, hit, louse up, mess up, blow, bollix up, botch, muck up, stammer, muff

  4. stumble, tripverb

    miss a step and fall or nearly fall

    "She stumbled over the tree root"

    Synonyms:
    jaunt, slip up, turn on, actuate, trip up, spark off, falter, trip, trigger off, get off, spark, touch off, trip out, trigger, hit, activate, travel, set off, bumble

  5. stumble, hitverb

    encounter by chance

    "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

    Synonyms:
    pip, rack up, bump off, tally, shoot, gain, reach, dispatch, trip up, remove, falter, polish off, attain, run into, collide with, impinge on, off, score, slip up, murder, trip, bumble, hit, strike, slay, arrive at, come to, make

  6. stumble, slip up, trip upverb

    make an error

    "She slipped up and revealed the name"

    Synonyms:
    slip up, bumble, trip, trip up, hit, catch, falter

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stumbleverb

    Synonyms:
    trip, miss one's footing, make a false step

  2. stumbleverb

    Synonyms:
    err, do wrong

  3. stumblenoun

    Synonyms:
    trip, false step

  4. stumblenoun

    Synonyms:
    error, blunder, failure

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "stumble":

    faltering, deadlocked

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How to use stumble in a sentence?

  1. Bob Barnes:

    I loved the fact that it’s the United States of America and you can just stumble onto these towns like this.

  2. Bill Jelen:

    The solutions are hand picked, so often when I have a choice between two words, I'll pick the one that I think the creator would think is more clever and folks would stumble upon.

  3. Ryszard Kapuscinski:

    Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

  4. Thomas Merton:

    We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.

  5. Charlie Bubear:

    In the current lockdown, many of us will likely be getting around to all those cleaning and DIY jobs people love to put off, but I doubt anyone would have expected to stumble across a bomb that has been quietly sitting in their roof for over a hundred years.


Translations for stumble

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  • zakopnoutCzech
  • [[begå]] [[fejl]], fejltrin, fejle, fejl, snublen, snubleDanish
  • staksen, Fehltritt, Ausrutscher, Fehler, Schnitzer, Patzer, stolpernGerman
  • torpeza, tropezón, caminar torpemente, tropiezo, tropezar, deslizSpanish
  • سکندریPersian
  • virhe, kompuroida, kompastua, kompastus, mokaFinnish
  • trébucher, chute, bourde, faux pasFrench
  • tersandungIndonesian
  • scivolone, scivolareItalian
  • 넘어질 뻔하다Korean
  • kluptLatvian
  • tapepa, tapepe, tūtukiMāori
  • strompelen, struikelenDutch
  • snubleNorwegian
  • tropeço, tropeçarPortuguese
  • mitk'ayQuechua
  • спотыкаться, спотыкание, ошибаться, оступаться, проступокRussian
  • snubblaSwedish
  • สะดุดThai
  • 絆倒Chinese

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