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Definition of stumble:
Synonyms:
screw up, weave, ball up, polish off, slipup, make, catch, bollix up, lunge, slay, oversight, reel, wobble, bump off, waver, miscue, actuate, run into, run across, bollocks, fudge, bumble, impinge on, meet up with, find, bodge, lurch, gaffe, set off, head trip, spoil, stagger, bump into, let down, fumble, spill, gain, botch up, plummet, turn on, bollocks up, blunder, tumble, tally, muddle, score, attain, topple, remove, blow, falter, mistake, descend, ability, tripper, touch off, screwup, misstep, stutter, louse up, trip out, move, lapse, strike, fall short, meet, clinker, gaff, boo-boo, muck up, shoot, lower, toddle, plunge, mess up, rack up, dispatch, go down, thrive, come to, trigger, collide with, foul up, trigger off, off, shuffle, teeter, lose your balance/footing, trip, bobble, pip, pitching, clanger, tumble on, miss, come down, trip up, jaunt, pitch, mishandle, brick, fault, bollix, tilt, arrive at, boob, muff, activate, inaccuracy, flub, correct, murder, slip-up, travel, spark off, reach, get off, drop, spark, come across, hit, stammer.
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err (part of speech: verb)
- misconceive,
- misconstrue,
- blunder,
- bungle,
- mar,
- botch,
- miscalculate,
- goof,
- err,
- misjudge,
- fluff,
- slip,
- trip,
- misestimate
- stumble (part of speech: verb)
- fail (part of speech: verb)
Usage examples:
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There is nothing more, Mr. Carruthers- except that I should advise you to work as quickly as possible, as otherwise some one may stumble on the crime before you do.
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The old Earl observed both stumble and laugh, and willing to suggest a lesson to both his sons, said- laughing pleasantly- Lo, Harold, how the left foot saves the right!
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It was more than three miles to camp, and Dick saw, when he passed that way three days before, that the road was blocked with wagons, artillery trains and stable- lines, and to these obstructions were now added sleeping men, who would not be over civil to any one who chanced to stumble against them in the dark.