Synonyms for baffle
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Perplex — to confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle
perplex, bewilder, thwart, confound, frustrate, foil, befuddle, stick, puzzle, mystify, confuse, cross, non-plus, amaze, elude, balk US, baulk UK, bamboozle informal, get, vex, throw, circumvent, bilk
2. Evade — to defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil. Of weather or…
Definitions
- v. 1
To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
They were baffled as to how the confusion could have arisen.
- v. 2
To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil. Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
Related words
- Word family
- baffled bafflegab bafflement baffling bafflingly
Forms
- Past participle
- baffled
e.g. baffled → perplexed, bewildered, thwarted, confounded…
Example sentences
- frustrate Tom secretly attempted to frustrate Mary's plans.
- regulate Cats lick themselves to regulate their temperature.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, vex1
- 4 letters
- beat1, foil1, balk1, bilk1
- 5 letters
- cross1, stick1, throw1, evade2, amaze2, elude2, baulk
- 6 letters
- puzzle2, thwart1, subdue2, outwit2, maffle
- 7 letters
- confuse2, perplex2, mystify3
- 8 letters
- regulate3, confound2, bewilder3, befuddle3
- 9 letters
- frustrate2, checkmate2, bamboozle
- 10 letters
- circumvent3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evade2 = 2 syllables).