STUTTER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STUTTER?

Need another word that means the same as “stutter”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “stutter” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Stutter” are: bumble, falter, stammer, stumble, speak haltingly, speak falteringly, flounder, hesitate, pause, halt, speech impediment, speech defect

Stutter as a Noun

Definitions of "Stutter" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stutter” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A series of short, sharp sounds produced by a machine or gun.
• A tendency to stutter while speaking.
• A speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds.

Synonyms of "Stutter" as a noun (3 Words)

speech defect	Communication by word of mouth.
speech impediment	A lengthy rebuke.
stammer	A tendency to stammer. As a young man he had a dreadful stammer.

Usage Examples of "Stutter" as a noun

• A machine gun shattered the quiet with its explosive stutter.
• ‘She's p-perfectly j-justified,’ he said with his intermittent stutter.

Stutter as a Verb

Definitions of "Stutter" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stutter” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Speak haltingly.
• Talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants.
• (of a machine or gun) produce a series of short, sharp sounds.
• Say something with difficulty, repeating the initial consonants of words.
• Progress in a hesitant or irregular way.

Synonyms of "Stutter" as a verb (10 Words)

bumble	Speak haltingly. They bumbled around the house.
falter	Move unsteadily or hesitantly. The music faltered stopped and started up again.
flounder	Struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion. He was floundering about in the shallow offshore waters.
halt	Come to a halt stop moving. Company halt.
hesitate	Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness. He hesitated to spoil the mood by being inquisitive.
pause	Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing. She paused at a loss for words.
speak falteringly	Make a characteristic or natural sound.
speak haltingly	Make a characteristic or natural sound.
stammer	Say something with difficulty, repeating the initial letters of words and with sudden involuntary pauses. I stammered out my history.
stumble	Find or encounter by chance. I stumbled across a long lost cousin last night in a restaurant.

Usage Examples of "Stutter" as a verb

• ‘W-what's happened?’ she stuttered.
• She flinched as a machine gun stuttered nearby.
• The country still has problems, not least that its economy is stuttering and unemployment is high.
• The child was stuttering in fright.
• He shyly stuttered out an invitation to the cinema.

Associations of "Stutter" (30 Words)

balk	The area on a billiard table between the balk line and the bottom cushion within which in some circumstances a ball is protected from a direct stroke. A balk of timber.
deterrent	Able or intended to deter. The deterrent effect of heavy prison sentences.
distraction	The act of distracting; drawing someone’s attention away from something. The firm found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight.
doubt	Consider unlikely or have doubts about. Who can doubt the value and necessity of these services.
equivocate	Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself. The government have equivocated too often in the past.
equivocation	Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language. I say this without equivocation.
evasive	Avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire. An evasive statement.
falter	Lose strength or momentum. A Adam he faltered.
gibber	Speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock. They shrieked and gibbered as flames surrounded them.
grumble	A loud low dull continuous noise. The main grumble is that he spends too much time away.
hesitate	Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing. He hesitated to spoil the mood by being inquisitive.
hindrance	The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding. The visitor can wander around without hindrance.
impediment	Any structure that makes progress difficult. A serious impediment to scientific progress.
lurch	Defeat by a lurch. The car lurched forward.
maunder	Move or act in a dreamy or idle manner. He maunders through the bank composing his thoughts.
mumble	Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice. Sorry she mumbled.
murmur	A recurring sound heard in the heart through a stethoscope that is usually a sign of disease or damage. Nina murmured an excuse and hurried away.
mutter	Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice. I knew she was a troublemaker Rebecca muttered.
muttering	A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech. There were disloyal mutterings about his leadership.
obstacle	An obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented. Lack of imagination is an obstacle to one s advancement.
obstruction	The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction. Obstruction of justice.
prevaricate	Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. He seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions.
shakily	In a manner characterized by trembling or shaking.
slur	Speak disparagingly of e g make a racial slur. There was a trace of a slur in his voice.
stagger	Astound or overwhelm, as with shock. By the back straight he had overtaken the stagger.
stammer	A tendency to stammer. I stammered out my history.
stumble	Miss a step and fall or nearly fall. He parodied my groping stumble across the stage.
suddenly	Happening unexpectedly. George II died suddenly.
tone	A basic interval in classical Western music equal to two semitones and separating for example the first and second notes of an ordinary scale such as C and D or E and F sharp a major second. He began in a conversational tone.
waver	Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness. The flame wavered in the draught.