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Confuse

🔄 Synonyms of "Confuse"

16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
obscureverb	Difficult to understand; abstruse.
flurrynoun	A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
confoundverb	To perplex or puzzle.
throwverb	(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
disconcertverb	(transitive) To upset the composure of; to startle.
blurnoun	To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
jumblenoun	(transitive) To mix or confuse.
foxnoun	A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups:
mistakenoun	An error.
fuddlenoun	(transitive) To intoxicate.
befuddleverb	(transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
bedevilverb	To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
discombobulateverb	(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
put offverb	(transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination.
mix upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To confuse or reverse.
consternateverb	(transitive) To cause consternation in; to dismay.

↔️ Antonyms of "Confuse"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
elucidateverb	(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.
clearverb	Transparent in colour.
illuminateverb	(transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.
clarifyverb	(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
enlightenverb	(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
shed light onverb	(transitive, also figurative) To illuminate; to make clear.
crystallizeverb	(transitive) To give a definite or precise form to (something).
sort outverb	(transitive) To fix (a problem).
straighten outverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To correct or rectify.
clear upverb	(transitive) To clarify, to correct a misconception.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Confuse"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
befuddleverb	(transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
confoundverb	To perplex or puzzle.
discombobulateverb	(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
fuddleverb	(transitive) To intoxicate.
jumbleverb	(transitive) To mix or confuse.
disconcertverb	(transitive) To upset the composure of; to startle.
consternateverb	(transitive) To cause consternation in; to dismay.
bedevilverb	To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
obscureverb	(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
mistakeverb	(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
put offverb	(transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination.
blurverb	To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
throwverb	(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
mix upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To confuse or reverse.
flurryverb	(transitive) To agitate, bewilder, fluster.
foxverb	(transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
boggleverb	(intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
disruptverb	(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
disturbverb	(transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
disorientateverb	(sometimes proscribed, chiefly British) Alternative form of disorient. [To cause to lose orientation or direction.]