What is another word for tumble?
Synonyms for tumble
ˈtʌm bəltum·ble
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
tumble
Synonyms:
fall, topple, precipitate, derange, rumple
Princeton's WordNet
tumblenoun
an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
spill, tumble, fallverb
a sudden drop from an upright position
"he had a nasty spill on the ice"
Synonyms:
gloaming, autumn, declension, declination, pin, spillage, gloam, drop, downfall, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, release, decline, declivity, downslope, dusk, surrender, evenfall, dip, fall, wasteweir, crepuscule, twilight, free fall, spill, spillway, nightfalltumble, toppleverb
fall down, as if collapsing
"The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
Synonyms:
twig, topple, latch on, catch on, crumple, whirl around, whirl, get onto, get it, collapse, crumble, cotton on, tip, get wise, break downtopple, tumble, tipverb
cause to topple or tumble by pushing
Synonyms:
whirl around, lean, tippytoe, tip off, topple, bung, get onto, catch on, tip, break down, collapse, tiptoe, latch on, fee, tilt, cotton on, whirl, crumble, get it, tap, twig, angle, crumple, get wise, slanttumbleverb
roll over and over, back and forth
Synonyms:
twig, topple, latch on, catch on, crumple, whirl around, whirl, get onto, get it, collapse, crumble, cotton on, tip, get wise, break downwhirl, tumble, whirl aroundverb
fly around
"The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
Synonyms:
whirl around, spin around, get it, get onto, gyrate, spin, swirl, break down, tip, topple, collapse, cotton on, latch on, catch on, eddy, whirl, crumble, twirl, whirlpool, twiddle, purl, birl, twig, get wise, crumple, reelcrumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapseverb
fall apart
"the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
Synonyms:
topple, crease, collapse, analyze, buckle, crack, crack up, rumple, cave in, fail, snap, twig, whirl, go bad, break up, decay, cotton on, give, crock up, knit, get wise, conk out, analyse, whirl around, fall apart, give out, crumble, cockle, catch on, go, fall in, get onto, wrinkle, break, crumple, pucker, die, decompose, get it, latch on, dissect, break down, give way, crush, take apart, dilapidate, burst, lose it, crinkle, founder, tiptumbleverb
throw together in a confused mass
"They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"
Synonyms:
twig, topple, latch on, catch on, crumple, whirl around, whirl, get onto, get it, collapse, crumble, cotton on, tip, get wise, break downcatch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get itverb
understand, usually after some initial difficulty
"She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
Synonyms:
whirl around, topple, tip, break down, get onto, fasten on, latch on, collapse, cotton on, whirl, seize on, crumble, hook on, catch on, twig, take up, get it, get wise, crumpletumbleverb
fall suddenly and sharply
"Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
Synonyms:
twig, topple, latch on, catch on, crumple, whirl around, whirl, get onto, get it, collapse, crumble, cotton on, tip, get wise, break downtumbleverb
put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
"Wash in warm water and tumble dry"
Synonyms:
twig, topple, latch on, catch on, crumple, whirl around, whirl, get onto, get it, collapse, crumble, cotton on, tip, get wise, break downtumbleverb
suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
Synonyms:
twig, topple, latch on, catch on, crumple, whirl around, whirl, get onto, get it, collapse, crumble, cotton on, tip, get wise, break downtumbleverb
do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
Synonyms:
twig, topple, latch on, catch on, crumple, whirl around, whirl, get onto, get it, collapse, crumble, cotton on, tip, get wise, break down
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
tumbleverb
Synonyms:
roll, toss, heave, pitch abouttumbleverb
Synonyms:
fall, be precipitated, fall overtumbleverb
Synonyms:
precipitate, throw headlongtumbleverb
Synonyms:
disturb, derange, rumple, put in disorder
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#123 | go | |
#555 | give | |
#625 | release | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1618 | break | |
#1630 | fee | |
#1763 | die | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2636 | fail | |
#2765 | tip | |
#3071 | pin | |
#4157 | angle | |
#4224 | crack | |
#5184 | spin | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5672 | founder | |
#6341 | autumn | |
#6828 | tap | |
#6840 | analyze | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7321 | snap | |
#8268 | reel | |
#8525 | lean | |
#9094 | dip | |
#9876 | burst | |
#9932 | knit | |
#10122 | twilight | |
#10134 | decay | |
#10154 | tilt | |
#11254 | whirlpool | |
#11564 | surrender | |
#11777 | spill | |
#12398 | crush | |
#13070 | descent | |
#13073 | analyse | |
#14102 | buckle | |
#15038 | eddy | |
#17934 | tumble | |
#18076 | dusk | |
#20390 | wrinkle | |
#22421 | slant | |
#23080 | swirl | |
#23957 | dips | |
#27947 | downfall | |
#29367 | crease | |
#32866 | tumbler | |
#34730 | whirl | |
#35322 | twig | |
#38177 | declination | |
#40580 | crumble | |
#41439 | precipitate | |
#46656 | decompose | |
#49878 | nightfall | |
#50543 | topple | |
#55635 | spillage | |
#57718 | purl | |
#57917 | dissect | |
#61240 | spillway | |
#61306 | twirl | |
#65224 | crinkle | |
#70458 | pucker | |
#73605 | bung | |
#80167 | capitulation | |
#87911 | cockle | |
#94522 | tiptoe | |
#116185 | crumple | |
#116269 | downslope | |
#117527 | declension | |
#118721 | twiddle | |
#145906 | crepuscule | |
#185304 | gloaming | |
#214393 | rumple | |
#229458 | gyrate | |
#253199 | declivity | |
#327568 | evenfall |
How to use tumble in a sentence?
We can't let ourselves tumble into a situation where, by acting prematurely -- I hate to say it because it's been such a long event -- but by acting prematurely to completely close it off that we end up in that blackout that could last, you know, an indeterminate amount of time.
It seems a little more antagonistic, so that part has changed a little bit, but it's not like this was' Leave it to Beaver,'' Mayberry R.F.D.,'' The Donna Reed Show,' it was never a Pollyanna, Mary Poppins place. It was always rough and tumble politics.
Investors are rushing out of stocks today as they anticipate a well-deserved correction following the overnight tumble in global commodity prices.
While the State becomes inflated and hypertrophied in order to obtain a firm enough grip upon individuals, but without succeeding, the latter, without mutual relationships, tumble over one another like so many liquid molecules, encountering no central energy to retain, fix and organize them.
By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 'Tis thine own: And tumble up and down what thou findst there. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find, he breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind.
Translations for tumble
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- Sturz, stolpernGerman
- πέσειGreek
- caída, revolverse, caerSpanish
- kupsahtaa, heittää kuperkeikkaa, kuperkeikkaFinnish
- culbuter, dégringolerFrench
- bukfencezikHungarian
- անկումArmenian
- veltaIcelandic
- cadere, ruzzolare, caduta, precipitare, rovinare, crollareItalian
- 공중제비Korean
- turupēpeke, turupeke, porohuriMāori
- tuimelenDutch
- tombo, cairPortuguese
- обрушиться, рушиться, опрокинуться, упасть, падение, падать, опрокидыватьсяRussian
- జారిపడుTelugu
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