/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of stumbling Find synonyms for: Verb1. stumble, falter, bumble, walkusage: walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"2. stumble, trip, moveusage: miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"3. stumble, hit, come by, come intousage: encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"4. stumble, slip up, trip up, err, mistake, slipusage: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: labyrinth Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language