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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. William Arthur Ward:

    To make mistakes is human to stumble is commonplace to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

  2. Winston Churchill:

    Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

  3. Winston Churchill:

    Men occasionally stumble on the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

  4. Frederic Neumann:

    China's stock market stumble now risks knocking demand down further. What all this points to is the need for a lot more easing, including extra fiscal spending. China's economy is highly dependent on construction. With that engine sputtering, mainland commodity demand will struggle to make headway for a while.

  5. Benny Liu:

    Initially we thought we contaminated our samples, or mixed up the two drugs. And so we repeated these experiments over and over again, and got the same exact results, it was a blind stumble onto this discovery.


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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