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

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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

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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. 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.