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stumble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of stumble

1 to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily
  • the bride stumbled on the altar steps and landed smack in the arms of the minister
Synonyms of stumble

fall, slip, topple, trip, tumble
Words Related to stumble

collapse, crumple, drop, flump, keel, plop, plunk (or plonk), slump (over)

crash, free-fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, precipitate, wipe out

skid, slide
Antonyms of stumble

get up, rise, stand (up), uprise
2 to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
  • stumbled twice while she was reciting the "Gettysburg Address"
Synonyms of stumble

blunder, bumble, flog [British], flounder, limp, lumber, plod, struggle, trudge
Words Related to stumble

jog, shamble, shuffle

wallow, welter

falter, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter

fumble, muddle
Near Antonyms of stumble

coast, fly, glide, kilt, sail, zip, zoom
3 to move heavily or clumsily
  • the tipsy revelers left the path and wearily stumbled through the tangled undergrowth
Synonyms of stumble

barge, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lumber, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge
Words Related to stumble

drag, flop, haul

blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)
Near Antonyms of stumble

drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft
Antonyms of stumble

breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk
4 to make a mistake
  • that network announcer rarely stumbles when he's on the air
Synonyms of stumble

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

nod

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

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

misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand
Phrases Synonymous with stumble

drop the ball, lay an egg

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