See stumble in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To catch the foot against something and lose one's balance:
trip. Idioms: lose one's footing, make a false step. See moveTo walk unsteadily:
falter, lurch, reel, stagger, teeter, totter, weave, wobble. See moveTo move awkwardly or clumsily:
blunder, bumble1. See ability, moveTo proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner:
blunder, bumble1, bungle, flounder, fudge, fumble, limp, muddle, shuffle, stagger. See thriveTo make an error or mistake:
err, miscue, mistake, slip, slip up, trip up. See correct
phrasal verb stumble on or
uponTo find or meet by chance:
bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, tumble on. (Archaic) alight on (or upon). Idiom: meet up with. See meet
noun
A stupid, clumsy mistake:
blunder, bull2, bungle, foozle, fumble, muff. (Informal) blooper, boner. (Slang) bloomer, goof. See correct
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