Synonyms of stumping

stumping

verb

present participle of stump

1

as in shuffling

to move heavily or clumsily

the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffling
• stumbling
• stomping
• barging
• hauling
• weaving
• stamping
• lurching
• floundering
• trudging
• sloughing
• dragging
• pounding
• tramping
• lumping
• clumping
• shambling
• scuffling
• scuffing
• slogging
• plodding
• lumbering
• galumphing
• staggering
• flogging
• swaying
• flopping
• reeling
• tromping
• blundering
• tottering
• waddling
• wabbling
• wobbling
• careening
• teetering
• doddering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sliding
• coasting
• gliding
• whisking
• floating
• hanging
• waltzing
• hovering
• drifting
• breezing
• wafting
• poising

2

as in daring

to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat

when my grandfather was a kid, he and his friends would stump one another to dive into the local swimming hole

Synonyms & Similar Words

• daring
• challenging
• confronting
• defying
• braving
• breasting
• facing
• bearding
• brazening
• outbraving
• outfacing