Synonyms of stagger

stagger

verb

1

as in to lurch

to move forward while swaying from side to side

I was so tired last night that I just staggered upstairs to bed without eating dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lurch
• totter
• weave
• roll
• stumble
• waddle
• shuffle
• stomp
• careen
• dodder
• reel
• teeter
• rock
• sway
• waver
• wobble
• shamble
• barge
• wabble
• clomp
• swag
• clump
• flounder
• blunder
• pound
• stamp
• tramp
• scuff
• seesaw
• lump
• lumber
• scuffle
• tromp
• galumph

2

as in to falter

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

a daunting problem that would make even the most decisive person stagger just a bit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• falter
• hesitate
• halt
• vacillate
• waver
• dither
• teeter
• wait
• wabble
• balance
• scruple
• wobble
• pause
• hang back
• linger
• sway
• debate
• delay
• ponder
• shilly-shally
• dawdle
• back down
• haw
• deliberate
• oscillate
• weigh
• procrastinate
• hem
• dally
• equivocate
• consider
• hedge
• waffle
• pussyfoot
• chicken (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decide
• continue
• stir
• advance
• plunge (in)
• dive (in)
• budge

• decide
• continue
• stir
• advance
• plunge (in)
• dive (in)
• budge

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