English

Detailed Synonyms for stumble in English

stumble:

to stumble verb (stumbles, stumbled, stumbling)

  1. to stumble
    to stumble; to trip
    • stumble verb (stumbles, stumbled, stumbling)
    • trip verb (trips, tripped, tripping)
  2. to stumble
    to stumble; to founder; to be tripped up; to trip; to slip
    • stumble verb (stumbles, stumbled, stumbling)
    • founder verb (founders, foundered, foundering)
    • be tripped up verb (is tripped up, being tripped up)
    • trip verb (trips, tripped, tripping)
    • slip verb (slips, slipped, slipping)
  3. to stumble
    – make an error 1
    to stumble; to slip up; to trip up
    – make an error 1
    • stumble verb (stumbles, stumbled, stumbling)
    • slip up verb (slips up, slipped up, slipping up)
    • trip up verb (trips up, tripped up, tripping up)
  4. to stumble
    – miss a step and fall or nearly fall 1
    to trip; to stumble
    – miss a step and fall or nearly fall 1
    • trip verb (trips, tripped, tripping)
    • stumble verb (stumbles, stumbled, stumbling)
      • She stumbled over the tree root1
  5. to stumble
    – walk unsteadily 1
    to stumble; to falter; bumble
    – walk unsteadily 1
    • stumble verb (stumbles, stumbled, stumbling)
      • The drunk man stumbled about1
    • falter verb (falters, faltered, faltering)
    • bumble verb
  6. to stumble
    – encounter by chance 1
    to hit; to stumble
    – encounter by chance 1
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
    • stumble verb (stumbles, stumbled, stumbling)
      • I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant1

Conjugations for stumble:

present
  1. stumble
  2. stumble
  3. stumbles
  4. stumble
  5. stumble
  6. stumble
simple past
  1. stumbled
  2. stumbled
  3. stumbled
  4. stumbled
  5. stumbled
  6. stumbled
present perfect
  1. have stumbled
  2. have stumbled
  3. has stumbled
  4. have stumbled
  5. have stumbled
  6. have stumbled
past continuous
  1. was stumbling
  2. were stumbling
  3. was stumbling
  4. were stumbling
  5. were stumbling
  6. were stumbling
future
  1. shall stumble
  2. will stumble
  3. will stumble
  4. shall stumble
  5. will stumble
  6. will stumble
continuous present
  1. am stumbling
  2. are stumbling
  3. is stumbling
  4. are stumbling
  5. are stumbling
  6. are stumbling
subjunctive
  1. be stumbled
  2. be stumbled
  3. be stumbled
  4. be stumbled
  5. be stumbled
  6. be stumbled
diverse
  1. stumble!
  2. let's stumble!
  3. stumbled
  4. stumbling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

stumble [the ~] noun

  1. the stumble
    – an unintentional but embarrassing blunder 1
    the trip; the stumble; the misstep; the trip-up
    – an unintentional but embarrassing blunder 1
    • trip [the ~] noun
      • he recited the whole poem without a single trip1
    • stumble [the ~] noun
    • misstep [the ~] noun
      • confusion caused his unfortunate misstep1
    • trip-up [the ~] noun
      • he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later1
  2. the stumble
    – an unsteady uneven gait 1
    the stumble; the stagger; the lurch
    – an unsteady uneven gait 1

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Related Definitions for "stumble":

  1. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder1
  2. an unsteady uneven gait1
  3. make an error1
  4. miss a step and fall or nearly fall1
    • She stumbled over the tree root1
  5. walk unsteadily1
    • The drunk man stumbled about1
  6. encounter by chance1
    • I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant1

Related Synonyms for stumble