Meanings
nounstumbler (plural stumblers)
plural stumblers
- One who stumbles.
[…] the lisper, the burrer, the infant prattler, and the foreign stumbler over our speech […]
1889, Voice Magazine, Werner, page 101 more example
Well, there’s a bar down the hill. It’s probably just a stumbler. Speaking of which, you still smell like a distillery.
2022 February 18, Dan Erickson, “Good News About Hell”, in Severance, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Devon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Broader
incompetentincompetent person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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APA
stumbler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stumbler
MLA
“stumbler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stumbler. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stumbler,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stumbler.
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