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Defenition of the word confuse

    • Defenition of the word confuse

      • To mistake one thing for another.
      • make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse"
      • make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"
      • cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
      • be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
      • assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
      • mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
      • make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
      • be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
      • mistake one thing for another
      • make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
      • be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
      • assemble without order or sense
      • cause to feel embarrassment

    Synonyms for the word confuse

      • baffle
      • bamboozle
      • bedevil
      • befuddle
      • bewilder
      • blur
      • complicate
      • confound
      • consternate
      • discombobulate
      • disconcert
      • fail to differentiate
      • flurry
      • fox
      • fuddle
      • jumble
      • mistake
      • mix up
      • muddle up
      • muddy
      • mystify
      • obscure
      • perplex
      • put off
      • puzzle
      • throw

    Similar words in the confuse

      • confuse
      • confused
      • confusedly
      • confuses

    Hyponyms for the word confuse

      • addle
      • amaze
      • baffle
      • beat
      • bewilder
      • bother
      • deflect
      • demoralize
      • disorient
      • disorientate
      • distract
      • dumbfound
      • flummox
      • fluster
      • get
      • gravel
      • muddle
      • muddy
      • mystify
      • nonplus
      • perplex
      • pose
      • puddle
      • puzzle
      • stick
      • stupefy
      • vex

    Hypernyms for the word confuse

      • abash
      • alter
      • assemble
      • be
      • change
      • construe
      • embarrass
      • interpret
      • misidentify
      • mistake
      • modify
      • piece
      • put together
      • set up
      • tack
      • tack together

    Antonyms for the word confuse

      • clarify
      • clear
      • clear up
      • crystallize
      • elucidate
      • enlighten
      • illuminate
      • shed light on
      • sort out
      • straighten out

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