Fumble Synonyms and Antonyms

fŭmbəl
To reach about or search blindly or uncertainly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. grope
  2. feel
  3. grabble
  4. poke
To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. blunder
  2. bumble
  3. bungle
  4. flounder
  5. fudge
  6. limp
  7. muddle
  8. shuffle
  9. stagger
  10. stumble
(sports) dropping the ball
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. mistake
  2. blunder
  3. muff
  4. dropped ball
A stupid, clumsy mistake
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. blunder
  2. bull
  3. bungle
  4. foozle
  5. muff
  6. stumble
  7. blooper
  8. boner
  9. bloomer
  10. goof
To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. botch
  2. bungle
  3. mishandle
  4. mismanage
  5. muff
  6. blunder
  7. ball up
  8. bumble
  9. blow
  10. bobble
  11. spoil
  12. flub
  13. foul-up
  14. muck up
  15. screw up
  16. bollix up
  17. mess up
  18. louse up
  19. boggle
  20. gum up
  21. boot
  22. muddle
  23. bodge
  24. error
  25. botch-up
  26. flounder
  27. goof up
  28. goof
  29. grope
  30. snafu
  31. fluff
  32. bollix
  33. bollocks
  34. bollocks up
  35. stammer
Antonyms:
  1. do well
To make a mess of; bungle.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. botch

Words Related to Fumble

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Fumble Sentence Examples

  • She bit her lip and began to fumble with a small purse.

  • He began to fumble with the ring of his harness.

  • Then someone else can fumble on the steps.

  • Shipton swore and began to fumble with his line to rappel again, down to the now injured and trapped form hovering below him.

  • There are no buttons to fumble with in the middle of the night.

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