Synonyms for Stumbles:

• v.

  •errs (verb)
  • blunders,
  • bungles,
  • Botches,
  • misjudges,
  • slips,
  • trips,
  • miscalculates,
  • misconstrues,
  • goofs,
  • misestimates,
  • slips up,
  • errs,
  • fouls up,
  • mars,
  • misconceives,
  • fluffs.
  •fails (verb)
  • Flounders,
  • loses,
  • busts,
  • collapses,
  • flunks,
  • fails,
  • falls,
  • flops,
  • falters.
  •stumbles (verb)
  • staggers,
  • totters,
  • hobbles,
  • limps.

Paraphrases for Stumbles:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    tumble, tumbles.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    fades, dive, Narrows.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    begins, Dies.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    Flounders.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    discovers.

Stumbles Sentence Examples:

• Then they nominated Douglas; but he was now like a runner who has been tripped along the way, and who stumbles spent and breathless over the goal.

• However, it was too late to turn back, and eventually, after one or two false steps and stumbles, I succeeded in reaching a spot from which I could obtain a good view of the hut.