Antonyms for stumble
ˈstʌm bəlstum·ble

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. stumblenoun

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

Matched Categories

1. • Come By
   • Err
   • Gait
   • Move

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 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

How to use stumble in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Ryszard Kapuscinski:

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

3. Niliflash:

   Life Obstacles are same with Stepping Stones. You stamp on them and stumble; they become Obstacles in your path. But when you step on them and succeed; they serve as your Stepping Stones.

4. Joey Mantia:

   I feel like I was cheated, i had a little stumble in the last corner, but that was still a medal-worthy performance in my opinion.

5. Alan McEwen:

   The palmettos out there alone are enough to trip you up, when you're walking through them, when you you stumble through them, the mosquitos will carry you off, anybody out there more than a day without mosquito spray, you'd go insane with the bugs getting you and everything else.

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