Synonyms for bamboozle

Most common

deceive · mislead

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

2. v. 2

   To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

   He's completely bamboozled by the changes in the computer system.

Forms

Past participle

bamboozled
e.g. bamboozled → hood-winked, snowed, deceived, misled…

Example sentences

• deceive I assure you that I didn't intend to deceive you.
• mislead He did everything he could to mislead the police.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

snow¹, hoax¹, gull¹, dupe¹

5 letters

trick¹, cheat¹

6 letters

puzzle², juggle², baffle², humbug², gammon², delude², diddle²

7 letters

deceive², mislead², defraud², swindle², beguile², mystify³

8 letters

confound²

9 letters

overreach³, victimize³, victimise

10 letters

circumvent³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puzzle² = 2 syllables).