Synonyms for muddle
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Confuse
confuse, bewilder, mix, trouble, confound, muddy, befuddle, fluster, stir up, obfuscate, entangle, disorder, puzzle, agitate, puddle, baffle, perturb, disturb, ravel, addle, disconcert, complicate
Other
Noun
1. Confusion
confusion, jumble, fuddle, clutter, welter, smother, mare's nest, topsy-turviness, disarray, hash
Definitions
- v. 1
To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
Young children tend to muddle their words.
- n. 1
A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.
- n. 2
A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
Related words
- Word family
- muddlebrained muddled muddle-headed muddlesome
- Phrases
- muddle through muddle along muddle on muddle up
Example sentences
- trouble The word processor will save you a lot of trouble.
- mix Mix two parts of rum with one part of lemon juice.
- confuse One should not confuse education with job training.
- bungle The company will never recover after that last bungle.
By length
- 3 letters
- fix1, mix1, jam1
- 4 letters
- hole1, mess1, hash1, haze1
- 5 letters
- muddy2, ravel2, addle2
- 6 letters
- puzzle2, pickle2, puddle2, jumble2, baffle2, welter2, bungle2, fuddle2
- 7 letters
- trouble2, confuse2, disturb2, clutter2, smother2, agitate3, perturb2, fluster2
- 8 letters
- disorder3, disarray3, confound2, entangle3, bewilder3, befuddle3
- 9 letters
- confusion3, obfuscate3, shemozzle
- 10 letters
- complicate3, intoxicate4, disconcert3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (muddy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- embrouiller
- Català
- embrollar