Thesaurus:confuse

Thesaurus

confuse

English

Verb

Sense: to render someone less able to understand

Synonyms

• baffle
• baffound
• bamboozle
• befuddle
• bemuse
• bewilder
• complicate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• confound
• confuddle (slang)
• confuse
• confuzzle (slang, childish)
• dazzle
• discombobulate
• disconcert
• dumbfound
• ferhoodle
• flabagast
• flabbergast
• flabbergaster
• flurry
• fluster
• flummox
• jumble
• knot (obsolete)
• mix up
• perplex
• puzzle

Antonyms

• clarify
• distinguish
• enlighten
• inspire
• judicate
• mediate
• organize (one's thoughts)
• organise
• reconcile
• stabilize

Various

• blur
• conflate
• leave speechless
• flabbergast
•   —
• throw somebody for a loop
• throw somebody a curve
• be at a loss for words
• to get turned around
• get one's wires crossed (actually "to get confused")
• have one's wires crossed (actually "to get confused")

See also

• Thesaurus:confusing
• Thesaurus:confusion
• Thesaurus:surprise
• Thesaurus:surprising

Further reading

• “61. derangement” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “confuse” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.