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Synonyms for tumble
ˈtʌm bəltum·ble

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tumble

    Synonyms:
    fall, topple, precipitate, derange, rumple

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tumblenoun

    an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end

    Synonyms:
    fall, spill

  2. 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, nightfall

  3. tumble, 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 down

  4. topple, 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, slant

  5. tumbleverb

    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 down

  6. whirl, 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, reel

  7. crumble, 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, tip

  8. tumbleverb

    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 down

  9. catch 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, crumple

  10. tumbleverb

    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 down

  11. tumbleverb

    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 down

  12. tumbleverb

    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 down

  13. tumbleverb

    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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tumbleverb

    Synonyms:
    roll, toss, heave, pitch about

  2. tumbleverb

    Synonyms:
    fall, be precipitated, fall over

  3. tumbleverb

    Synonyms:
    precipitate, throw headlong

  4. tumbleverb

    Synonyms:
    disturb, derange, rumple, put in disorder

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tumbleverb

    Synonyms:
    heave, toss, roll, pitch, topple

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "tumble":

    tumbler, dip, fall, drop, dips

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How to use tumble in a sentence?

  1. Bill Magness:

    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.

  2. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen:

    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.

  3. Cao Xuefeng:

    Investors are rushing out of stocks today as they anticipate a well-deserved correction following the overnight tumble in global commodity prices.

  4. Émile Durkheim:

    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.

  5. George Herbert:

    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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