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Synonyms for flummox

22 synonyms

verb

Most common

non-plus puzzle baffle bewilder

All synonyms

Verb

puzzle, get, baffle, bewilder, non-plus, beat, stick, confuse, pose, knot, gravel, confound, entangle, mystify, perturb, perplex, fluster, disconcert, befuddle, amaze, vex, stupefy

Definitions

v. 1
To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.

Related words

Word family: flummoxed

Forms

Past participle: flummoxed
e.g. flummoxed → puzzled, getten, baffled, bewildered…

Example sentences

puzzle Let's puzzle over Lewis Carroll's Pillow-Problems!
baffle Ziri's disappearance continues to baffle everybody.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
flummox		steady
puzzle		rising
baffle		falling
bewilder		steady

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

By length

3 letters: get¹, vex¹
4 letters: beat¹, pose¹, knot¹
5 letters: stick¹, amaze²
6 letters: puzzle², gravel², baffle²
7 letters: confuse², mystify³, perturb², perplex², fluster², stupefy
8 letters: confound², entangle³, bewilder³, befuddle³
10 letters: disconcert³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amaze² = 2 syllables).