Synonyms of stuttering

stuttering 1 of 2

adjective

as in sputtering

Related Words

• sputtering
• stumbling
• faltering
• muttering
• stammering
• mumbling
• hesitant
• halting
• inarticulate
• maundering
• unvocal
• voiceless
• ineloquent
• mute
• speechless
• tongueless
• tongue-tied

Dissimilar Words

• eloquent
• fluent
• articulate
• vocal
• voluble
• verbal
• glib
• well-spoken
• expressive
• silver-tongued
• outspoken
• facile
• smooth-tongued

stuttering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of stutter

as in stammering

to speak with many involuntary pauses and repetitions

I used to stutter when I was a child.

She stutters when she gets excited.

Related Words

• stammering
• drooling
• mumbling
• shouting
• shrieking
• chattering
• sputtering
• gabbing
• trolling
• gibbering
• chatting
• babbling
• muttering
• prattling
• jabbering
• gabbling
• rattling
• blathering
• blabbering
• bumbling
• screeching
• blithering
• prating
• driveling
• pattering
• yakking
• murmuring
• bleating
• jangling
• mouthing
• jawing
• running on
• smattering
• tittle-tattling
• chuntering
• maundering

Dissimilar Words

• articulating
• pronouncing
• enunciating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stuttering

Adjective

Windows Vista and its early WDDM woes had reduced my previously badass main PC with two Nvidia 7900GT cards in SLI to a stuttering BSOD-spitting mess, and the future of Microsoft OSes looked bleak—Windows 7 wouldn’t be along to change the situation for years. — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026

Verb

Strikes between the United States and Iran have been ongoing after a stuttering ceasefire. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 31 July 2026

Dog Days, a fusion of memoir, criticism, psychoanalysis, and even scientific theory, makes this stuttering sensation its structuring principle, as the book changes forms and perspectives, doubles back. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

The track — with its croaking guitar, cymbal smashes, and stuttering vocals — sounds nothing like Brat’s gleaming, clubby gems (or the bouncy pop-punk of her 2014 LP Sucker, for that matter). — Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026

Since a stuttering start with a draw against Cape Verde, Spain have looked the most complete, most cohesive team at this tournament. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Hardly ten more minutes had passed before Dembélé scored again—this time, cutting inside and stuttering his dribble and then, having befuddled the defense, rolling the ball right past it into an open corner of the goal. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 27 June 2026

Stock gains themselves have also shown signs of stuttering after a nearly unprecedented run of gains in April and May. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 25 June 2026

Still, the many other actors involved—Israel, Hezbollah and others—means that there is a good chance that the deal will prove fragile, stuttering and maybe even falling apart. — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Now, with oil price momentum showing signs of slowing amid stuttering peace negotiations, the quant models may now be cutting back on their exposures. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 5 June 2026