bungler

Other forms of bungler

plural

bunglers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bungler

What does bungler mean?

bungler means "someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence".

How many syllables are in bungler?

bungler has 2 syllables: bun-gler. The stress falls on "bun". In IPA it is /ˈbʌŋɡlɚ/.

What is another word for bungler?

Close synonyms include blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bungler a common word?

bungler is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.