Antonyms for stumble
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : stuhm-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstʌm bəl |
Definition of stumble
Origin :- c.1300, "to trip or miss one's footing" (physically or morally), probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. dialectal Norwegian stumla, Swedish stambla "to stumble"), probably from a variant of the Proto-Germanic base *stam-, source of Old English stamerian "to stammer," German stumm "dumb, silent." Possibly influenced in form by stumpen "to stumble," but the -b- may be purely euphonious. Meaning "to come (upon) by chance" is attested from 1550s. Stumbling-block first recorded 1526, used in Rom. xiv:13 to translate Greek skandalon.
- verb slip, stagger
- verb happen upon
- It would be a stroke of luck if I could stumble on one of his hiding places!
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Mr Vladimir did not stumble, did not stagger back, did not change his stride.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Within the bounds of possibility, their turn to stumble might now be imminent.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- There is no stumble in you, for you have done a great deed, and the Red Gods are smiling.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- I should stumble and fall over the smallest pebble in the path.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- “I got in from the west just in time to stumble on that gang of rats,” he flared.
- Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
- He should have upheld her so that she did not stumble over these pitfalls of the earth.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- So that they cannot endure this stone, and they stumble against it.
- Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther
- For a world that at the first check or stumble will overwhelm me with slanders.
- Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
- She was far too subtle and wary to stumble into such a pitfall as that.
- Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
Synonyms for stumble
- blunder
- blunder upon
- bumble
- bump
- careen
- chance
- chance upon
- come across
- come up against
- discover
- encounter
- err
- fall
- fall down
- fall upon
- falter
- find
- flounder
- hesitate
- hit
- light
- light upon
- limp
- lose balance
- luck
- lumber
- lurch
- meet
- muddle
- pitch
- reel
- run across
- shuffle
- stammer
- stub toe on
- swing
- tilt
- topple
- totter
- trip
- tumble
- turn up
- wallow
- waver
- wobble
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