Confuse Synonyms

Confuse synonyms such as "mistake for, byzantine, blur, confound, and misinterpret as". Confuse is a verb, and its antonyms are lucid and precise. Here are 74 another word for confuse with example sentences.

Another word for Confuse

74 other ways to say confuse.

1. bewilder

  • wildering
  • wilder
  • unfathomable
  • unclear
  • unaccountable
  • throw
  • stump
  • set someone thinking
  • puzzling
  • puzzle
  • pose
  • perplexing
  • perplex
  • obfuscate
  • nonplus
  • mystifying
  • mystify
  • mysterious
  • misleading
  • maze
  • labyrinthine
  • involved
  • intricate
  • inexplicable
  • inconsistent
  • impenetrable
  • gravel
  • fox
  • fog
  • flummox
  • floor
  • faze
  • distract
  • disconcerting
  • disconcert
  • discombobulate
  • difficult (to understand)
  • convoluted
  • contradictory
  • confusticate
  • confound
  • complicated
  • complex
  • cause to be at a stand
  • Byzantine
  • buffalo
  • beyond one
  • bewildering
  • bewilder
  • bemuse
  • befog
  • beat
  • baffling
  • baffle
  • ambiguous
  • above one's head

2. complicate

  • obscure
  • obfuscate
  • muddle
  • make unclear
  • make complex
  • make (more) difficult
  • jumble
  • garble
  • embroil
  • complicate
  • cloud
  • blur

3. mix up

  • take for
  • muddle up
  • mix up
  • mistake for
  • misinterpret as
  • confound

How to Use confuse in a Sentence

Complex sentences can confuse readers.

Don’t confuse me with details.

His response seemed to confuse everyone.

The instructions confuse me every time.