confuse[verb]Synonyms:- mix up, disarrange, disorder, jumble, mingle, muddle, ravel
- bewilder, baffle, bemuse, faze, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle
- disconcert, discompose, disorient, fluster, rattle
(informal), throw off balance, unnerve, upset
Antonyms: differentiate
Contrasted words: clarify, elucidate, simplify
Related Idioms: lose in a fog, put in a flutter, throw into confusion
Related Words: misguide,
mislead,
agitate,
bother,
discompose,
disquiet,
flurry,
perturb,
upset,
complicate,
confound,
involve,
mix up,
derange,
disarrange,
disorder,
disorganize,
disturb,
mess (up),
unsettle [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
con‧fuse /kənˈfjuːz/
verb [transitive] [
Word Family: adverb:
confusedly,
confusingly;
adjective:
confused,
confusing;
verb:
confuse;
noun:
confusion]
[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: confused]
1. to make someone feel that they cannot think clearly or do not understand:
I understand the text but the diagrams are confusing me.2. to think wrongly that a person or thing is someone or something else:
People might well confuse the two products.confuse somebody/something with somebody/something I always confuse you with your sister – you look so alike. Donald Regan, not to be confused with former President Ronald Reagan3. confuse the issue/matter/argument etc to make it even more difficult to think clearly about a situation or problem or to deal with it:
He kept asking unnecessary questions which only confused the issue. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲