baffle

The word “baffle” has 2 syllables: baf-fle

It's pronounced as /ˈbæfəl/


What is synonym and antonym for baffle?

In the thesaurus, “baffle” has 135 synonyms and 37 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for baffle

  • abash
  • addle
  • agitate
  • amaze
  • arrest
  • astound
  • avert
  • balk
  • bamboozle
  • bar
  • barricade
  • beat
  • befog
  • befuddle
  • beguile
  • bemuse
  • bewilder
  • block
  • bother
  • buffalo
  • buffer
  • bumper
  • chagrin
  • check
  • checkmate
  • circumvent
  • clog
  • cocoon
  • confound
  • confuse
  • conquer
  • cordon
  • counteract
  • cozen
  • cushion
  • cushioning
  • dash
  • daze
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • delude
  • disappoint
  • discombobulate
  • discomfit
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disconcert
  • discountenance
  • dismay
  • disorient
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • disturb
  • dumbfound
  • dupe
  • elude
  • embarrass
  • encumber
  • faze
  • fender
  • fetter
  • floor
  • flummox
  • fluster
  • foil
  • fool
  • forestall
  • fox
  • frustrate
  • fuddle
  • get
  • gravel
  • gull
  • halt
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • hinder
  • hoax
  • hobble
  • hold back
  • hoodwink
  • humbug
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • manacle
  • maze
  • misguide
  • mislead
  • mix up
  • mortify
  • muddle
  • muddy
  • muffler
  • mystify
  • negate
  • neutralize
  • nonplus
  • nullify
  • obstruct
  • obviate
  • offset
  • overcome
  • pad
  • padding
  • perplex
  • perturb
  • pose
  • preclude
  • prevent
  • puzzle
  • rattle
  • ruin
  • safeguard
  • set back
  • shackle
  • shield
  • short-circuit
  • snow
  • stall
  • stick
  • stop
  • string along
  • stump
  • stun
  • take in
  • throw
  • thwart
  • tie up
  • trammel
  • trick
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vex
  • weird out

Antonyms for baffle

  • abet
  • advance
  • aid
  • allow
  • assist
  • assure
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • comfort
  • cultivate
  • delight
  • ease
  • encourage
  • enlighten
  • explain
  • explicate
  • facilitate
  • forward
  • foster
  • further
  • help
  • inform
  • inspirit
  • let go
  • lose
  • make happy
  • nurture
  • permit
  • please
  • promote
  • reassure
  • relieve
  • satisfy
  • smooth
  • soothe
  • support
  • surrender

Meanings of baffle

  • noun
    1. A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether.
    2. An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
    3. (coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
  • verb
    1. To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.
    2. To hoodwink or deceive (someone).
    3. To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
    4. To foil; to thwart.
    5. To struggle in vain.

Example Sentences

  • The magician's sleight of hand never failed to baffle the audience.
  • The complex instructions on the manual seemed to baffle even the most tech-savvy users.
  • The unexpected turn of events continued to baffle the investigators.
  • His cryptic remarks during the interview only served to baffle the reporters.
  • The mysterious disappearance of the artifact continues to baffle archaeologists and historians alike.

On this page you'll find 172 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to baffle, such as: abash, abet, addle, advance, agitate, aid, allow.

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  • McMansion
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  • accommodations
  • album
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  • ambulate
  • amplify
  • apartment
  • apartment house
  • augment
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  • barracks
  • barricade
  • bassinet
  • bed
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  • billet
  • block
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  • cabin
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  • daybed
  • diggings
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  • domicile
  • dorm
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  • doss
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  • dress up
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  • dwelling
  • embellish
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  • enhance
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  • expand
  • falter
  • farmhouse
  • feather bed
  • fender
  • fill
  • fill out
  • fireside
  • flat
  • flesh out
  • flophouse
  • footslog
  • four-poster
  • fudge
  • futon
  • gimp
  • go barefoot
  • grange
  • gussy up
  • habitation
  • hacienda
  • hall
  • hammock
  • hangout
  • hay
  • hearth
  • hearthstone
  • hedge
  • hermitage
  • hideout
  • hike
  • hive
  • hobble
  • home
  • homestead
  • hooch
  • hootch
  • house
  • house trailer
  • houseboat
  • housing
  • hovel
  • hut
  • hutch
  • hyperbolize
  • increase
  • inflate
  • jotter
  • kip
  • lair
  • layout
  • lengthen
  • limp
  • line
  • lodgement
  • lodging
  • lodging house
  • lodgment
  • lumber
  • lurch
  • magnify
  • manor
  • manor house
  • manse
  • mansion
  • march
  • mattress
  • memorandum
  • mince
  • mobile home
  • mosey
  • motor home
  • muffler
  • nest
  • nip
  • notebook
  • notepad
  • overdo
  • overdraw
  • overemphasize
  • overplay
  • overstate
  • pace
  • pack
  • padding
  • palace
  • pallet
  • pamphlet
  • paper
  • parade
  • parchment
  • parsonage
  • patter
  • penthouse
  • perambulate
  • peregrinate
  • pitter-patter
  • place
  • play up
  • plod
  • pound
  • power walk
  • prance
  • promenade
  • protect
  • protract
  • pussyfoot
  • quarters
  • quire
  • rack
  • ramble
  • ranch
  • ranch house
  • ream
  • recreational vehicle
  • rectory
  • residence
  • residency
  • roof
  • rooming house
  • sack
  • safeguard
  • salon
  • saltbox
  • sashay
  • satirize
  • saunter
  • scrapbook
  • scratch
  • scratch pad
  • scuff
  • semi
  • setup
  • shack
  • shakedown
  • shamble
  • shanty
  • shape
  • shelter
  • shield
  • shuffle
  • sleigh bed
  • slips
  • sneak
  • sofa
  • sofa bed
  • spin
  • split level
  • stagger
  • stalk
  • steal
  • step
  • step out
  • stomp
  • stress
  • stretch
  • stride
  • stroll
  • strut
  • studio couch
  • stuff
  • stumble
  • stump
  • suite
  • swagger
  • tablet
  • tap
  • tenement
  • tenement house
  • tiptoe
  • toddle
  • town house
  • townhome
  • tract house
  • trailer
  • traipse
  • tramp
  • trample
  • tread
  • trek
  • trip
  • triplex
  • tromp
  • troop
  • trot
  • trudge
  • trundle bed
  • vicarage
  • villa
  • waddle
  • walk
  • walk-up
  • wander
  • water bed

sabotage

  • annihilate
  • arrest
  • attack
  • baffle
  • bang up
  • block
  • bollix
  • bottleneck
  • brake
  • break
  • break up
  • check
  • constrain
  • cripple
  • curb
  • damage
  • decelerate
  • deep-six
  • deface
  • defacement
  • defacing
  • demolish
  • demolishing
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depredate
  • depredation
  • desecrate
  • desecrating
  • desecration
  • despoil
  • despoiling
  • despoilment
  • destroy
  • destruction
  • devastate
  • disable
  • disrupt
  • disruption
  • do
  • do in
  • encumber
  • foil
  • foul up
  • frustrate
  • graffiti
  • halt
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • harm
  • hinder
  • hobble
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • hurt
  • impair
  • impairment
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • injury
  • loot
  • looting
  • louse up
  • mar
  • maraud
  • marauding
  • mess up
  • mischief
  • obstruct
  • overthrow
  • pillage
  • pillaging
  • plunder
  • plundering
  • predation
  • put out of action
  • put out of commission
  • ransack
  • ransacking
  • ravage
  • ravaging
  • raven
  • raze
  • rein
  • restrain
  • retard
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sack
  • sacking
  • scourge
  • screw up
  • set back
  • shatter
  • slacken
  • slow
  • smash
  • spoil
  • spoliate
  • spoliation
  • stop
  • subversion
  • subversiveness
  • subvert
  • tag
  • take out
  • tear down
  • throw a monkey wrench into
  • thwart
  • tie up
  • torpedo
  • total
  • trash
  • trashing
  • treachery
  • treason
  • undermine
  • undermining
  • vandalism
  • vandalization
  • vandalize
  • violate
  • waste
  • wipe out
  • wrack
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking

dash

  • abash
  • accelerate
  • afflict
  • agitate
  • ail
  • animal spirits
  • animation
  • ardor
  • arrow
  • baffle
  • balk
  • barrel
  • bathe
  • beans
  • beat
  • beat it
  • beeline
  • beetle
  • belt
  • bespatter
  • bilk
  • birr
  • bit
  • blast
  • blaze
  • blight
  • blow
  • bludgeon
  • boil
  • bolt
  • bomb
  • bother
  • bounce
  • bound
  • bowl
  • brawniness
  • breeze
  • brio
  • briskness
  • buck
  • bundle
  • burden
  • bustle
  • buzz
  • cannonball
  • canter
  • careen
  • career
  • cast
  • catapult
  • catch up
  • chagrin
  • charge
  • chase
  • chill
  • chuck
  • circumvent
  • cloud
  • concern
  • confound
  • course
  • crash
  • cudgel
  • dabble
  • dampen
  • dart
  • daunt
  • deject
  • demoralize
  • depress
  • destroy
  • disappoint
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • discourage
  • dishearten
  • dismay
  • dispirit
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • disturb
  • douse
  • dowse
  • drench
  • drive
  • drop
  • drown
  • dynamism
  • eject
  • energy
  • esprit
  • exercise
  • fast-forward
  • fervor
  • few drops
  • fire
  • fitness
  • flavor
  • fling
  • flip
  • flit
  • flourish
  • fly
  • foil
  • force
  • gallop
  • gas
  • get a move on
  • get down
  • get on it
  • get-up-and-go
  • ginger
  • go
  • grain
  • gun
  • gusto
  • hardihood
  • hardiness
  • hare
  • haste
  • hasten
  • health
  • healthiness
  • heave
  • hie
  • highball
  • hint
  • hit
  • hook
  • hump
  • hurl
  • hurry
  • hurtle
  • huskiness
  • hustle
  • impel
  • impregnate
  • impressiveness
  • intensity
  • jauntiness
  • jet
  • jog
  • juice
  • jump
  • lap
  • lash
  • launch
  • leap
  • let fly
  • lick
  • life
  • little
  • liveliness
  • lob
  • loft
  • lope
  • lunge
  • main
  • make a run for it
  • make it snappy
  • make tracks
  • metal
  • mettle
  • might
  • motor
  • moxie
  • muscle
  • nip
  • onset
  • oomph
  • oppress
  • outpace
  • outrun
  • outstrip
  • overtake
  • panache
  • part
  • pass
  • passion
  • patter
  • peg
  • pelt
  • pep
  • perturb
  • pinch
  • pitch
  • plash
  • plunge
  • potency
  • power
  • precipitate
  • project
  • propel
  • puissance
  • punch
  • quicken
  • race
  • ram
  • rifle
  • rip
  • rocket
  • roll
  • ruin
  • run
  • rush
  • rush at
  • rustle
  • sadden
  • sap
  • saturate
  • scamper
  • scattering
  • scoot
  • scud
  • scuffle
  • scurry
  • scuttle
  • seasoning
  • shag
  • shake a leg
  • shatter
  • shiver
  • shoot
  • skip
  • slam
  • sling
  • slop
  • slosh
  • slush
  • smack
  • smash
  • smidgen
  • snap
  • snappiness
  • soak
  • sop
  • sortie
  • soundness
  • souse
  • spatter
  • speed
  • spirit
  • spiritedness
  • splash
  • splatter
  • splinter
  • spoil
  • spray
  • sprightliness
  • spring
  • sprinkle
  • sprinkling
  • sprint
  • spritz
  • spunk
  • spunkiness
  • spurt
  • squirt
  • stamina
  • stampede
  • starch
  • steep
  • step
  • step on it
  • step out
  • streak
  • strength
  • sturdiness
  • suspicion
  • swash
  • taste
  • tear
  • throw
  • thrust
  • thwart
  • tincture
  • tinge
  • torment
  • torture
  • toss
  • touch
  • trace
  • travel
  • trifle
  • trip
  • trot
  • trouble
  • undo
  • unhinge
  • unnerve
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vehemence
  • verdure
  • verve
  • vibrance
  • vibrancy
  • vigor
  • vim
  • vinegar
  • virility
  • vitality
  • vivaciousness
  • vivacity
  • wash
  • water
  • weigh down
  • wellness
  • whirl
  • whisk
  • whiz
  • whizz
  • worry
  • zeal
  • zest
  • zing
  • zip
  • zoom

daunt

  • afflict
  • baffle
  • bother
  • browbeat
  • bully
  • chill
  • consternate
  • cow
  • damp
  • dampen
  • deaden
  • debilitate
  • demoralize
  • depress
  • deter
  • discourage
  • dishearten
  • dismay
  • dispirit
  • distress
  • enfeeble
  • foil
  • frighten
  • frustrate
  • horrify
  • intimidate
  • irk
  • overawe
  • put off
  • sadden
  • scare
  • shake
  • subdue
  • terrify
  • throw cold water on
  • thwart
  • trouble
  • try
  • undermine
  • unman
  • unnerve
  • vex
  • weaken
  • weigh
  • worry

fake out

  • aberration
  • abstain
  • act
  • affect
  • allege
  • alteration
  • assume
  • avert
  • baffle
  • bamboozle
  • bash
  • be deceitful
  • be first
  • be hypocritical
  • beat
  • beguile
  • best
  • betray
  • better
  • bewilder
  • bleed
  • blow away
  • blow out of water
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • bulldoze
  • bunco
  • burn
  • bury
  • bypass
  • cap
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • claim
  • claim falsely
  • clobber
  • cold-shoulder
  • con
  • confuse
  • cook
  • counterfeit
  • cozen
  • cream
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • deflect
  • deflection
  • defraud
  • deke
  • delude
  • departure
  • desist
  • detour
  • deviation
  • diddle
  • digression
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • ditch
  • divergence
  • divert
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • dodge
  • double-cross
  • down
  • duck
  • dupe
  • eclipse
  • elude
  • end-run
  • escape
  • eschew
  • euchre
  • evade
  • exceed
  • excel
  • fake
  • feign
  • fend off
  • figure out
  • finagle
  • fish
  • flee
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • fox
  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • give the slip
  • go beyond
  • go one better
  • gull
  • have
  • have on
  • hide
  • hoax
  • hold off
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • illude
  • impersonate
  • jazz
  • jive
  • juggle
  • juke
  • jump
  • keep clear
  • kid
  • lay claim
  • lay low
  • lead astray
  • lead on
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • leave behind
  • let on
  • lick
  • lie
  • make a fool of
  • make a monkey of
  • make believe
  • make out
  • malinger
  • masquerade
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • obviate
  • outclass
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfox
  • outgeneral
  • outguess
  • outgun
  • outjockey
  • outmaneuver
  • outrival
  • outshine
  • outsmart
  • outstrip
  • outthink
  • overreach
  • overrun
  • pass off
  • pass oneself off as
  • play a trick on
  • play games with
  • play-act
  • pretend
  • profess
  • psych out
  • pull a fast one
  • pull a fast one on
  • pump-fake
  • purport
  • put on
  • put one over on
  • put up a front
  • recoil
  • red herring
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • run circles around
  • run for cover
  • scam
  • set up
  • shake
  • shake and bake
  • shake off
  • sham
  • shirk
  • shoot ahead
  • shortchange
  • shrink from
  • shuck
  • shuffle off
  • shun
  • shut out
  • shy
  • sidestep
  • simulate
  • skin
  • skip
  • skip out on
  • skip town
  • skirt
  • slip
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stay away
  • stay out
  • steer clear of
  • step aside
  • stick
  • sting
  • stonewall
  • string along
  • stutter-step
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • surpass
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • top
  • total
  • transcend
  • trash
  • trick
  • trifle
  • turn aside
  • turning
  • variation
  • ward off
  • weave
  • whitewash
  • withdraw
  • worst

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