Synonyms and Antonyms of buffalo
1
to cause to believe what is untrue
- I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense
bamboozle, beguile, bluff, 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
- in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues
addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, 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
