Synonyms and Antonyms of bamboozle
1
to cause to believe what is untrue
- bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert
beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, suck in, sucker, take in, trick
kid, put on, tease
bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle
debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask
disclose, divulge, tell, unveil
disabuse, disenchant, disillusion
2
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
- I'm completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code
addle, baffle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex
stick, stump, weird out
abash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle
agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upset
beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick
