Mistake for, byzantine, blur, confound, and misinterpret as are all synonyms for confuse. Lucid and precise are these antonyms of confuse. And here are another 75 synonyms for confuse.
Confuse Synonyms
1. bewilder
- Byzantine
- Above one's head
- Ambiguous
- Baffle
- Baffling
- Beat
- Befog
- Bemuse
- Bewilder
- Bewildering
- Beyond one
- Buffalo
- Cause to be at a stand
- Complex
- Complicated
- Confound
- Confusticate
- Contradictory
- Convoluted
- Difficult (to understand)
- Discombobulate
- Disconcert
- Disconcerting
- Distract
- Faze
- Floor
- Flummox
- Fog
- Fox
- Gravel
- Impenetrable
- Inconsistent
- Inexplicable
- Intricate
- Involved
- Labyrinthine
- Maze
- Misleading
- Mysterious
- Mystify
- Mystifying
- Nonplus
- Obfuscate
- Perplex
- Perplexing
- Pose
- Puzzle
- Puzzling
- Set someone thinking
- Stump
- Throw
- Unaccountable
- Unclear
- Unfathomable
- Wilder
- Wildering
2. complicate
- Blur
- Cloud
- Complicate
- Garble
- Jumble
- Make (more) difficult
- Make complex
- Make unclear
- Muddle
- Obfuscate
- Obscure
- Embroil
3. mix up
- Confound
- Misinterpret as
- Mistake for
- Mix up
- Muddle up
- Take for