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fumble

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fumble

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

  • played the entire piano piece without a single fumble
Synonyms of fumble

blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob [British], brick, clanger [British], clinker, error, fault, flub, fluff, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip
Words Related to fumble

bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall

foul-up, snafu

misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding
Near Antonyms of fumble

accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness

inerrancy, infallibility, perfection

fumble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fumble

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

  • her assistant fumbled the party plans by getting the time wrong on the invitations
Synonyms of fumble

blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, botch, bugger (up), bumble, bungle, butcher, dub, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up
Words Related to fumble

blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffle

blemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiate

destroy, wreck

mishandle, mismanage
Near Antonyms of fumble

ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedy

doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp

2 to search for something blindly or uncertainly

  • the librarian fumbled for the light switch as she entered the dark room
Synonyms of fumble

feel, fish, grope, scrabble
Words Related to fumble

grabble

cast about, hunt, look, reach, seek (out)

capture, clutch, corral, get, grab, nab, nail, seize, snatch

comb, dig (through), dredge, rake, ransack, rifle, rummage, scour

3 to make a mistake

  • just when it looked like he was going to get away with the ruse, he fumbled
Synonyms of fumble

blunder, boob [British], err, flub, fluff, foul up, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), screw up, slip up, stumble, trip
Words Related to fumble

nod

bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, foozle, mangle, mishandle, muff, murder

miscalculate, misconceive, miscount, miscue, misdeem, misgauge, misjudge, mistake

misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand
Phrases Synonymous with fumble

drop the ball, lay an egg

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