Synonyms of confuses

confuses

verb

present tense third-person singular of confuse

1

as in perplexes

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

the similar-sounding words "censure" and "censor" often confuse people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perplexes
• bewilders
• baffles
• puzzles
• embarrasses
• befuddles
• mystifies
• confounds
• muddles
• vexes
• disorients
• bothers
• disturbs
• bemuses
• flummoxes
• stuns
• discombobulates
• muddies
• poses
• flusters
• rattles
• upsets
• bamboozles
• gets
• unsettles
• fuddles
• addles
• beats
• mazes
• befogs
• gravels
• foxes
• buffaloes
• disconcerts
• blows one's mind
• misleads
• agitates
• sticks
• deceives
• distresses
• discomfits
• mortifies
• perturbs
• dismays
• disquiets
• goes to one's head
• nonplusses
• stumps
• deludes
• unhinges
• fazes
• nonpluses
• misguides
• beguiles
• abashes
• discountenances
• fools
• weirds out
• tricks
• chagrins
• discomposes
• hoodwinks
• discomforts
• dupes
• strings along
• snows
• takes in
• humbugs
• hoaxes
• cozens
• gulls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assures
• satisfies
• informs
• reassures
• enlightens

2

as in complicates

to make (something) unclear to the understanding

stop confusing the issue with irrelevant facts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complicates
• blurs
• muddies
• obfuscates
• disrupts
• clouds
• beclouds
• upsets
• perplexes
• fogs
• disturbs
• befogs
• snarls
• muddles
• scrambles
• tangles
• disorders
• jumbles
• entangles
• disarranges
• shuffles
• sophisticates
• tousles
• mixes (up)
• disarrays
• messes (up)
• discomposes
• dishevels

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clarifies
• illuminates
• simplifies
• clears (up)
• streamlines
• unravels
• undoes
• analyzes
• straightens (out)
• decodes
• disentangles
• untangles
• breaks down
• unscrambles
• deciphers

3

as in mistakes

to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related

a lot of people confuse popular fame with enduring achievement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistakes
• conflates
• confounds
• mixes (up)
• misapplies
• misidentifies
• lumps (together)
• misnames
• miscalls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differences
• distinguishes
• separates
• differentiates
• discriminates

4

as in embarrasses

to throw into a state of self-conscious distress

she was confused by the shocking bluntness of his marriage proposal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embarrasses
• flusters
• bothers
• rattles
• disturbs
• disconcerts
• unsettles
• confounds
• mortifies
• upsets
• discomfits
• fazes
• humiliates
• nonplusses
• distresses
• discountenances
• perturbs
• abashes
• nonpluses
• disquiets
• dismays
• agitates
• shames
• unhinges
• demeans
• humbles
• degrades
• discomforts
• debases
• puts off
• chagrins
• discomposes
• puts out
• queers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relieves
• calms
• soothes
• encourages
• comforts
• cheers
• consoles
• assures
• reassures
• buoys
• emboldens
• heartens

5

as in disrupts

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

vandals had hopelessly confused the papers in the office files

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupts
• disturbs
• shuffles
• upsets
• muddles
• jumbles
• disorganizes
• disorders
• scrambles
• disarranges
• snarls
• dislocates
• deranges
• tousles
• mixes (up)
• tumbles
• unsettles
• clutters
• disarrays
• tangles
• messes (up)
• hashes
• musses
• rumples
• discomposes
• perturbs
• embroils
• disjoints
• dishevels
• entangles
• agitates
• stirs (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regulates
• disposes
• organizes
• arranges
• ranges
• aligns
• lines
• orders
• tidies
• classifies
• straightens (up)
• draws up
• codifies
• marshals
• adjusts
• systematizes
• arrays
• marshalls
• lines up
• queues
• fixes
• alines
• makes up
• systemizes
• methodizes
• grooms
• spruces (up)
• unscrambles