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

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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

But their erotic encounter is short-lived, as Joe tumbles and blows his back out while sheepishly dancing to Sade. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 11 July 2026

This highly competent, obsessive duo tumbles into a self-destructive cat-and-mouse dynamic — but who’s the cat and who’s the mouse? — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026

Topline OpenAI is now leaning toward delaying its public debut from later this year to next year, unnamed sources told The New York Times, as Elon Musk’s SpaceX stock tumbles after its record IPO and the public tech market slumps more broadly. — Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Florida’s highest waterfall tumbles down a verdant, 100-foot-deep sinkhole. — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026

The firm is maintaining its 2026 oil price forecast at $100 per barrel for Brent, even as the global benchmark tumbles below $80 per barrel for the first time since March. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 16 June 2026

The tumbles and trust falls might start to scare you, but this is hardly these clowns’ first rodeo. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026

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

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

Verb

The glowing ribbon of the Milky Way tumbles directly through this cosmic triangle before arcing towards the southern horizon, though its diffuse light will be hidden behind a veil of moonlight on the night of the full moon. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 July 2026

Then the wisdom tumbles like Milk Duds fresh from the concessionaire. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

At the same time, Dangerous Woman, one of Grande's earliest releases, tumbles down the roster. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

At only 20 feet high, Abrams Falls’ stature isn’t its most impressive quality; however, the sheer force of water that tumbles down it is an experience to enjoy with several senses—certainly sight, but also sound and feel too. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 June 2026

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

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