Thesaurus:confuse
English edit
Verb edit
Sense: to render someone less able to understand edit
Synonyms edit
- 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 edit
Various edit
- 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “61. derangement” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “confuse” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.