Synonyms of bamboozles

bamboozles

verb

present tense third-person singular of bamboozle

1

as in deceives

to cause to believe what is untrue

bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceives
• tricks
• fools
• hoodwinks
• deludes
• teases
• kids
• misleads
• misinforms
• dupes
• juggles
• beguiles
• misguides
• suckers
• humbugs
• spoofs
• hoaxes
• snookers
• strings along
• cheats
• gaffs
• stings
• snows
• cozens
• gulls
• bluffs
• catches
• hornswoggles
• cons
• sucks in
• buffaloes
• fakes out
• has on
• has
• burns
• takes in
• gammons
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• leads one down the garden path
• does a number on
• leads one up the garden path
• pulls one's leg
• defrauds
• swindles
• shortchanges
• sticks
• hustles
• diddles
• fleeces
• puts on
• bleeds
• squeezes
• mulcts
• chisels
• flimflams
• euchres
• skins
• rooks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• exposes
• unmasks
• debunks
• uncovers
• tells
• discloses
• shows up
• undeceives
• divulges
• unveils
• uncloaks
• disabuses
• disenchants
• disillusions

2

as in confuses

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

I'm completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confuses
• bewilders
• baffles
• puzzles
• perplexes
• flusters
• befuddles
• mystifies
• discombobulates
• embarrasses
• confounds
• disorients
• flummoxes
• rattles
• bemuses
• vexes
• stuns
• poses
• muddles
• addles
• bothers
• disturbs
• muddies
• gets
• foxes
• mazes
• befogs
• beats
• fuddles
• unsettles
• upsets
• gravels
• buffaloes
• disconcerts
• sticks
• deceives
• blows one's mind
• stumps
• discomfits
• hoodwinks
• mortifies
• goes to one's head
• deludes
• agitates
• distresses
• discountenances
• fazes
• misleads
• perturbs
• fools
• tricks
• unhinges
• dismays
• disquiets
• nonplusses
• abashes
• beguiles
• dupes
• discomposes
• misguides
• humbugs
• chagrins
• discomforts
• nonpluses
• hoaxes
• snows
• weirds out
• strings along
• cozens
• gulls
• takes in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assures
• satisfies
• informs
• reassures
• enlightens