fumble | Definition of fumble

fumble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fumble

1 to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

her assistant fumbled the party plans by getting the time wrong on the invitations

Synonyms of fumble

blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, botch, bugger (up), bumble, bungle, butcher, dub, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up

Words Related to fumble

blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffle

blemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiate

mishandle, mismanage

Near Antonyms of fumble

ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedy

doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp

2 to search for something blindly or uncertainly

the librarian fumbled for the light switch as she entered the dark room

Synonyms of fumble

feel, fish, grope, scrabble

Words Related to fumble

cast about, hunt, look, reach, seek (out)

capture, clutch, corral, get, grab, nab, nail, seize, snatch

comb, dig (through), dredge, rake, ransack, rifle, rummage, scour

3 to make a mistake

just when it looked like he was going to get away with the ruse, he fumbled

Synonyms of fumble

blunder, boob [British], err, flub, fluff, foul up, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), screw up, slip up, stumble, trip

Words Related to fumble

bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, foozle, mangle, mishandle, muff, murder

miscalculate, misconceive, miscount, miscue, misdeem, misgauge, misjudge, mistake

misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand

Phrases Synonymous with fumble

drop the ball, lay an egg