Synonyms of bumble

bumble 1 of 2

verb (1)

as in to buzz

to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound

a fly bumbling around the room while we were trying to sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buzz
• hum
• zip
• whizz
• whirr
• burr
• whisper
• whir
• whiz
• drone
• zoom
• whistle
• hiss
• coo
• purr
• sigh
• chirr
• churr
• whish
• murmur
• fizz
• rustle
• thrum
• wheeze
• swish
• curr
• whoosh
• sizzle

bumble

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verb (2)

1

as in to fumble

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

accused the White House staff of bumbling the announcement of the replacement for the cabinet post

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumble
• blow
• bungle
• ruin
• dub
• botch
• boot
• butcher
• muff
• fluff
• spoil
• mangle
• murder
• boggle
• bobble
• screw up
• flub
• destroy
• goof (up)
• foul up
• muck up
• blunder
• damage
• muddle
• mar
• foozle
• bollix (up)
• wreck
• louse up
• mess (up)
• bugger (up)
• injure
• hurt
• flaw
• harm
• gum (up)
• blight
• impair
• mutilate
• blemish
• piffle
• mismanage
• vitiate
• mishandle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• help
• improve
• better
• remedy
• enhance
• ameliorate
• rectify
• refine
• reform
• patch
• repair
• fix
• meliorate
• renovate
• revamp
• doctor
• recondition

2

as in to stumble

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

I sort of bumbled through the dance number, hoping that it would soon end

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumble
• struggle
• blunder
• limp
• trudge
• shuffle
• flounder
• fumble
• plod
• lurch
• jog
• lumber
• falter
• sway
• shamble
• reel
• stagger
• totter
• flog
• wallow
• muddle
• welter
• teeter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coast
• fly
• glide
• sail
• zip
• zoom
• kilt

3

as in to chat

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

overcome with stage fright, I could only bumble through the speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chat
• chatter
• drool
• babble
• gibber
• prattle
• sputter
• shout
• gabble
• stutter
• rattle
• jabber
• mutter
• mumble
• drivel
• shriek
• stammer
• blither
• prate
• blabber
• blather
• patter
• bleat
• smatter
• yack
• troll
• yak
• screech
• gab
• mouth
• jaw
• murmur
• jangle
• run on
• chunter
• maunder
• tittle-tattle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pronounce
• articulate
• enunciate