Synonyms for stumble
ˈstʌm bəlstum·ble

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1. stumblenoun

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Come By
   • Err
   • Gait
   • Move

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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

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1. List of paraphrases for "stumble":

   faltering, deadlocked

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How to use stumble in a sentence?

1. Hannah Arendt:

   Jean Bertrand Aristide Haitian president elected by large majority, twice overthrown by U.S. supported forces. Take my hand. If you see me stumble, hold me up. If I feel you weaken, I will support you. Let us trust one another, keep faith with one another, and never falter. Let us keep the lamp of solidarity lit, and move forward.

2. Glen Peters:

   If these coal targets are met, there could be a turn (in India's emissions), with a steep increase. China is starting to stumble; India could replace that.

3. Robert Caret:

   Its something I shouldnt have done. We all stumble.

4. Gary Friedman:

   We've been through storms before... We've been through the Great Recession before, a lot of other people are going to stumble and fall.

5. Mark Zandi:

   My working assumption is that the Chinese are going to be able to gracefully manage their slowdown. But if they stumble too much, that'll make it more difficult for the global economy to kick into a higher gear for sure, including the U.S. economy.