Synonyms of tumbles

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noun

plural of tumble

1

as in jumbles

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things

cleaned a crazy tumble of buttons, hair bands, loose change, and old candy wrappers out from the couch cushions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jumbles
• assortments
• medleys
• varieties
• shuffles
• collages
• scrambles
• litters
• blends
• rummages
• clutters
• botches
• jungles
• tangles
• grab bags
• muddles
• salads
• mélanges
• miscellanea
• agglomerates
• ragbags
• mixed bags
• patchwork quilts
• mishmashes
• ragouts
• montages
• farragoes
• stews
• crazy quilts
• agglomerations
• hotchpotches
• amalgams
• hodgepodges
• hashes
• alphabet soups
• gallimaufries
• patchworks
• pastiches
• olios
• miscellanies
• menageries
• jambalayas
• olla podridas
• omnium-gatherums
• smorgasbords
• gumbos
• motleys
• accumulations
• welters
• combinations
• macédoines
• potpourris
• aggregates
• salmagundis
• detritus
• aggregations
• messes
• conglomerates
• notions
• sundries
• conglomerations
• odds and ends
• snarls
• fusions
• composites
• compounds
• mix-ups
• shambles
• oddments
• catchalls
• chaoses
• commixtures
• disarrays
• disarrangements
• imbroglios
• alloys
• admixtures
• intermixtures
• disorders
• morasses
• bollixes
• confusions
• dog's breakfasts
• knots

2

as in falls

the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily

took a little tumble on the ice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• falls
• stumbles
• spills
• slips
• trips
• slides
• plunges
• dives
• skids
• pratfalls
• missteps
• headers
• free-falls
• descents

3

as in messes

a state in which everything is out of order

her office is a tumble of books and papers, but somehow she can find everything

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jumbles
• messes
• hells
• chaoses
• confusions
• tangles
• musses
• disorders
• shambles
• muddles
• snake pits
• havoc
• disarrays
• hecks
• disarrangements
• disorganizations
• misorders
• welters
• riots
• clutters
• snarls
• shuffles
• dishevelments
• chance-medleys
• mazes
• mare's nests
• anarchies
• misrules
• free-for-alls
• labyrinths
• maelstroms
• storms
• webs
• knots
• litters
• mishmashes
• morasses
• medleys
• miscellanies
• hodgepodges
• bollixes
• motleys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• systems
• orders
• methods
• plans
• patterns

tumbles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tumble

1

as in stumbles

to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily

the infant stood for a moment and then tumbled on the carpet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbles
• falls
• trips
• slips
• topples
• collapses
• plops
• plunges
• crashes
• crumples
• slides
• skids
• drops
• plunks
• plummets
• precipitates
• slumps (over)
• free-falls
• keels
• nose-dives
• wipes out
• flumps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• stands (up)
• gets up
• uprises

2

as in plunges

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

stock prices tumbled after the earnings report was released

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunges
• falls
• dips
• declines
• drops
• plummets
• descends
• sinks
• skids
• crashes
• decreases
• dives
• lowers
• nose-dives
• retreats
• subsides
• diminishes
• craters
• droops
• dies (down)
• ebbs
• wanes
• dwindles
• lessens
• tapers off
• abates
• recedes
• moderates
• lets up
• de-escalates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• lifts
• arises
• ascends
• soars
• ups
• mounts
• spikes
• grows
• increases
• builds
• expands
• accumulates
• swells
• intensifies
• enlarges
• mushrooms
• picks up
• waxes
• escalates
• snowballs
• burgeons
• balloons

3

as in disrupts

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

tumbled all the clothes in her closet as she furiously searched for her favorite pair of jeans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupts
• shuffles
• disturbs
• confuses
• scrambles
• jumbles
• upsets
• dislocates
• tousles
• muddles
• disorganizes
• disorders
• disarranges
• snarls
• musses
• rumples
• deranges
• mixes (up)
• disarrays
• hashes
• tangles
• discomposes
• embroils
• dishevels
• disjoints
• unsettles
• perturbs
• messes (up)
• entangles
• clutters
• stirs (up)
• agitates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• organizes
• arranges
• disposes
• regulates
• ranges
• orders
• lines
• tidies
• aligns
• draws up
• straightens (up)
• adjusts
• classifies
• marshals
• arrays
• queues
• codifies
• systematizes
• lines up
• fixes
• grooms
• makes up
• methodizes
• systemizes
• spruces (up)
• unscrambles

4

as in collapses

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

all we need is one strong wind, and that old barn is going to tumble

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapses
• goes
• crumples
• melts
• yields
• gives
• crumbles
• shatters
• dies
• buckles
• implodes
• goes out
• crashes
• gives way
• flattens
• breaks
• founders
• fails
• bursts
• smashes
• pops
• snaps
• splits
• cracks
• caves (in)
• stalls
• deflates
• breaks down
• melts down
• gives out
• splinters
• conks (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• swells
• inflates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tumbles

Noun

After a number of tumbles through the incoming crashing waves, Phan grabbed ahold of the shark's tail and fearlessly guided it back into the ocean, prompting cheers from onlookers. —Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026

Beneath the twists and tumbles of its plot, Reddick’s play is concerned with the people and communities that never profit when power seeks to increase itself — children, poor folks, Black folks. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026

The figures were sliced into five groups, focusing on the commodity’s biggest surges compared to its deepest tumbles. —Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026

Stoic staff hand-roll alcapurrias and pop tops off icy Medalla lagers as palm trees wave in the breeze, inbound planes circle overhead and reggaeton tumbles out of the speakers. —Ben Olsen, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Feb. 2026

Bitcoin took one of its biggest tumbles yet. —Rita Nazareth, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026

Bitcoin took one of its biggest tumbles yet. —Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg, 4 Feb. 2026

After Bitcoin suffered some epic tumbles in November, the OG cryptocurrency had been hovering around $90,000 — until today, that is. —Joe Wilkins Published Jan 29, Futurism, 29 Jan. 2026

Some powered ahead, others took a slower pace and a few tumbles happened along the way. —Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026

Verb

The film, which is set to bow in Un Certain Regard on May 21, tumbles through tones, swerving through pitch-black humor, empathy, fury and larger-than-life moments. —William Earl, Variety, 20 May 2026

The flagellar bundle falls apart, and the cell tumbles. —Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026

This setting uses more water and tumbles linens gently to keep them from getting twisted. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026

Frothy water tumbles over sandstone and rock, creating challenging rapids with ominous names like Dragon's Tooth and Hell's Gate. —Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026

The video shows the plane colliding with the truck, going over the vehicle, which tumbles beneath the jet. —Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026

There's something so timeless and romantic about hair that almost audibly tumbles down one's back. —Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Mar. 2026

Those records are only going to get worse with time as the team tumbles toward the draft lottery. —Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026

The ceremony turns into something reminiscent of the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, as the last keg tumbles down a nearby hill and the entire wedding party follows. —Sarah Whitten,sara Salinas,sarah Jackson,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026