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Defenition of the word stumble

    • Defenition of the word stumble

      • an unsteady uneven gait
      • make an error
      • walk unsteadily
      • encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
      • miss a step and fall or nearly fall: "She stumbled over the tree root."
      • an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
      • an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
      • make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
      • miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
      • walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
      • an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
      • miss a step and fall or nearly fall
      • encounter by chance

    Synonyms for the word stumble

      • blunder
      • bumble
      • falter
      • hit
      • lurch
      • misstep
      • slip up
      • stagger
      • trip
      • trip up

    Hyponyms for the word stumble

      • founder

    Hypernyms for the word stumble

      • bloomer
      • blooper
      • blunder
      • boner
      • boo-boo
      • botch
      • bungle
      • come by
      • come into
      • err
      • flub
      • foul-up
      • fuckup
      • gait
      • misdoing
      • mistake
      • move
      • pratfall
      • slip
      • walk

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