stumble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of STUMBLE

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 slip, stumble, topple, trip, tumble

Related Words collapse, crumple, drop, flump, keel, plop, plunk (or plonk), slump (over); crash, free-fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, precipitate, wipe out; skid, slide

Antonyms get up, rise, stand (up), uprise

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually <stumbled twice while she was reciting the “Gettysburg Address”>

Synonyms blunder, bumble, flog [British], limp, lumber, plod, struggle, stumble, trudge

Related Words jog, shamble, shuffle; wallow, welter; falter, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter; fumble, muddle

Near Antonyms coast, fly, glide, kilt, sail, zip, zoom

to move heavily or clumsily <the tipsy revelers left the path and wearily stumbled through the tangled undergrowth>

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

Related Words drag, flop, haul; blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)

Near Antonyms drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft

Antonyms breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

to make a mistake <that network announcer rarely stumbles when he's on the air>

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

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