confusing

The word “confusing” has 3 syllables: con-fus-ing

It's pronounced as /kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for confusing?

In the thesaurus, “confusing” has 152 synonyms and 91 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for confusing along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for confusing

abashing
abstruse
addling
agitating
awkward
baffling
bamboozling
beating
beclouding
befogging
befuddling
beguiling
bemusing
bewildering
blurring
bothering
buffaloing
chagrining
clouding
cluttering
complicating
conflating
confounding
cozening
cryptic
darkling
debasing
deceiving
deep
degrading
deluding
demeaning
deranging
difficult
disagreeable
disarranging
disarraying
discombobulating
discomfiting
discomforting
discomposing
disconcerting
discountenancing
disheveling
dishevelling
disjointing
dislocating
dismaying
disordering
disorganizing
disorienting
disquieting
disrupting
distressing
disturbing
duping
embarrassing
embroiling
enigmatic
enigmatical
entangling
esoteric
fazing
flummoxing
flustering
fogging
fooling
foxing
fuddling
getting
graveling
gravelling
gulling
hashing
hoaxing
hoodwinking
humbling
humbugging
humiliating
impenetrable
impossible
incomprehensible
inconceivable
inconvenient
indecipherable
inscrutable
intolerable
jumbling
mazing
misapplying
miscalling
misguiding
misidentifying
misleading
misnaming
mistaking
mortifying
muddling
muddying
mussing
mysterious
mystic
mystifying
nonplusing
nonplussing
obfuscating
oblique
obscure
occult
perplexing
perturbing
posing
putting off
putting out
puzzling
queering
rattling
recondite
rumpling
scrambling
shaming
shuffling
snarling
snowing
sophisticating
sticking
stringing along
stumping
stunning
taking in
tangling
tousling
tricking
troublesome
tumbling
unanswerable
uncanny
uncomfortable
unfathomable
ungraspable
unhinging
unimaginable
unintelligible
unknowable
unpleasant
unsearchable
unsettling
unthinkable
unwieldy
upsetting
vexing
weirding out

Antonyms for confusing

adjusting
agreeable
aligning
alining
analyzing
arranging
arraying
assuring
basic
breaking down
buoying
calming
cheering
clarifying
classifying
clear
codifying
cogent
coherent
comfortable
comforting
compelling
connected
consoling
convenient
convincing
deciphering
decoding
differencing
differentiating
discriminating
disentangling
disposing
distinguishing
drawing up
easy
elemental
elementary
emboldening
encouraging
enlightening
essential
fathomable
fixing
fundamental
grooming
heartening
illuminating
informing
intelligible
lining
lining up
lucid
making up
marshaling
marshalling
methodizing
ordered
ordering
orderly
organized
organizing
pellucid
perspicuous
plain
pleasing
queueing
queuing
ranging
reassuring
regulating
relieving
rudimentary
satisfying
separating
simple
simplifying
soothing
straightforward
streamlining
systematic
systematized
systematizing
systemizing
tidying
underlying
understandable
undoing
unraveling
unscrambling
untangling

Meanings of confusing

verb
1. To puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody).
2. To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
3. To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
4. To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
5. To rout; discomfit.
6. To be confused.
adjective
1. Difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc.

Example Sentences

The instructions were so confusing that nobody knew what to do.
His explanation was confusing, and it made the problem harder to understand.
The movie’s ending was confusing for many viewers.
She found the math problem very confusing at first.
The directions on the map are a bit confusing to follow.

On this page you'll find 243 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to confusing, such as: abashing, abstruse, addling, adjusting, agitating, agreeable, aligning.

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