stagger

/stˈæɡɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. walk as if unable to control one's movements
   “The drunken man staggered into the room”
2. walk with great difficulty
   “He staggered along in the heavy snow”
3. to arrange in a systematic order
   “stagger the chairs in the lecture hall”
4. astound or overwhelm, as with shock
   “She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake”

noun

1. an unsteady uneven gait

Synonyms for stagger

• reel
• keel
• lurch
• swag
• careen
• flounder
• distribute
• stumble

Words that rhyme with stagger

• swagger
• dagger
• bragger
• carpetbagger
• sandbagger
• haggar
• jaegar
• magar
• mager
• pagar
• snagger
• wagar