baffles

The word “baffles” has 2 syllables: baf-fles

It's pronounced as /ˈbæfəlz/


What is synonym and antonym for baffles?

In the thesaurus, “baffles” has 124 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for baffles

  • abashes
  • addles
  • agitates
  • arrests
  • averts
  • balks
  • bamboozles
  • barricades
  • bars
  • beats
  • befogs
  • befuddles
  • beguiles
  • bemuses
  • bewilders
  • blocks
  • bothers
  • buffaloes
  • buffers
  • bumpers
  • chagrins
  • checkmates
  • checks
  • clogs
  • cocoons
  • confounds
  • confuses
  • conquers
  • cordons
  • counteracts
  • cozens
  • cushionings
  • cushions
  • deceives
  • defeats
  • deludes
  • discombobulates
  • discomfits
  • discomforts
  • discomposes
  • disconcerts
  • discountenances
  • dismays
  • disorients
  • disquiets
  • distresses
  • disturbs
  • dupes
  • embarrasses
  • encumbers
  • fazes
  • fenders
  • fetters
  • flummoxes
  • flusters
  • foils
  • fools
  • forestalls
  • foxes
  • frustrates
  • fuddles
  • gets
  • gravels
  • gulls
  • halts
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hoaxes
  • hobbles
  • holds back
  • hoodwinks
  • humbugs
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • manacles
  • mazes
  • misguides
  • misleads
  • mortifies
  • muddies
  • muddles
  • mufflers
  • mystifies
  • negates
  • neutralizes
  • nonpluses
  • nonplusses
  • nullifies
  • obstructs
  • obviates
  • offsets
  • overcomes
  • paddings
  • pads
  • perplexes
  • perturbs
  • poses
  • precludes
  • prevents
  • puzzles
  • rattles
  • safeguards
  • sets back
  • shackles
  • shields
  • short-circuits
  • snows
  • stalls
  • sticks
  • stops
  • strings along
  • stumps
  • stuns
  • takes in
  • thwarts
  • ties up
  • trammels
  • tricks
  • unhinges
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • vexes
  • weirds out

Antonyms for baffles

  • abets
  • advances
  • aids
  • assists
  • assures
  • cultivates
  • eases
  • encourages
  • enlightens
  • facilitates
  • forwards
  • fosters
  • furthers
  • informs
  • nurtures
  • promotes
  • reassures
  • satisfies
  • smoothes
  • smooths

Meanings of baffles

  • 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.

Example Sentences

  • The magician's illusion baffles the audience every time he performs.
  • The complexity of the situation baffles even the most experienced analysts.
  • His sudden change in behavior baffles his friends and family.
  • The intricate mechanism of the device baffles engineers trying to understand it.
  • The professor's explanation only baffles the students further, leaving them more confused than before.

On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to baffles, such as: abashes, abets, addles, advances, agitates, aids, arrests.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

obstructs

  • arrests
  • baffles
  • balks
  • barricades
  • binds
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • bungs
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • clots
  • confines
  • congests
  • constrains
  • corks
  • cramps
  • curbs
  • dams
  • delays
  • derails
  • disrupts
  • embarrasses
  • encumbers
  • fetters
  • fills
  • floods
  • foils
  • frustrates
  • furs
  • gives a hard time
  • gluts
  • gridlocks
  • halters
  • hampers
  • handcuffs
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • inundates
  • jams
  • leashes
  • manacles
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • occludes
  • overwhelms
  • packs
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • sabotages
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • silts
  • smothers
  • spiles
  • stifles
  • stoppers
  • stopples
  • strangles
  • stuffs
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • swamps
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammels

bamboozles

  • abashes
  • addles
  • agitates
  • baffles
  • beats
  • befogs
  • befuddles
  • beguiles
  • bemuses
  • bewilders
  • bleeds
  • bluffs
  • bothers
  • buffaloes
  • burns
  • catches
  • chagrins
  • cheats
  • chisels
  • confounds
  • confuses
  • cons
  • cozens
  • deceives
  • defrauds
  • deludes
  • diddles
  • discombobulates
  • discomfits
  • discomforts
  • discomposes
  • disconcerts
  • discountenances
  • dismays
  • disorients
  • disquiets
  • distresses
  • disturbs
  • does a number on
  • dupes
  • embarrasses
  • euchres
  • fakes out
  • fazes
  • fleeces
  • flimflams
  • flummoxes
  • flusters
  • fools
  • foxes
  • fuddles
  • gaffs
  • gammons
  • gets
  • gravels
  • gulls
  • has
  • has on
  • hoaxes
  • hoodwinks
  • hornswoggles
  • humbugs
  • hustles
  • juggles
  • kids
  • leads one down the garden path
  • leads one up the garden path
  • mazes
  • misguides
  • misinforms
  • misleads
  • mortifies
  • muddies
  • muddles
  • mulcts
  • mystifies
  • nonpluses
  • nonplusses
  • perplexes
  • perturbs
  • poses
  • puts on
  • puzzles
  • rattles
  • rooks
  • shortchanges
  • skins
  • snookers
  • snows
  • spoofs
  • squeezes
  • sticks
  • stings
  • strings along
  • stumps
  • stuns
  • suckers
  • sucks in
  • swindles
  • takes in
  • teases
  • tricks
  • unhinges
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • vexes
  • weirds out

hampers

  • arrests
  • baffles
  • bags
  • balks
  • barricades
  • basins
  • baskets
  • binds
  • bins
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • bottles
  • bowls
  • boxes
  • brakes
  • buckets
  • caddies
  • cans
  • carriers
  • cartons
  • cartridges
  • cases
  • caskets
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • confines
  • constrains
  • containers
  • coolers
  • cramps
  • crates
  • curbs
  • delays
  • derails
  • disrupts
  • embarrasses
  • encumbers
  • fetters
  • foils
  • frustrates
  • gives a hard time
  • halters
  • handbaskets
  • handcuffs
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • holders
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • jars
  • jugs
  • kegs
  • kettles
  • kits
  • leashes
  • lockers
  • manacles
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • obstructs
  • packs
  • pails
  • pitchers
  • pockets
  • pots
  • receptacles
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • sabotages
  • sacks
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • smothers
  • stifles
  • strangles
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammels
  • trunks
  • tubs
  • vats
  • vessels
  • warmers

vexes

  • abashes
  • abrade
  • addles
  • afflict
  • affronts
  • aggravate
  • aggravates
  • agitate
  • agitates
  • anger
  • angers
  • annoy
  • annoys
  • antagonizes
  • badgers
  • baffles
  • baits
  • ballyrags
  • bamboozles
  • be at
  • beats
  • befogs
  • befuddles
  • beguiles
  • bemuses
  • bewilders
  • bothers
  • buffaloes
  • bugs
  • bullyrags
  • chafe
  • chafes
  • chagrins
  • confounds
  • confuses
  • cozens
  • deceives
  • deludes
  • depress
  • devils
  • discombobulates
  • discomfits
  • discomforts
  • discomposes
  • disconcerts
  • discountenances
  • dismays
  • disorients
  • displease
  • disquiet
  • disquiets
  • distresses
  • disturb
  • disturbs
  • dupes
  • eat
  • eats
  • embarrass
  • embarrasses
  • enflames
  • enrages
  • exasperate
  • exasperates
  • exercises
  • fazes
  • flummoxes
  • flusters
  • fools
  • foxes
  • fret
  • frets
  • frosts
  • fuddles
  • gall
  • galls
  • gets
  • gets to
  • give a bad time
  • give a hard time
  • grate on
  • grates
  • gravels
  • gripes
  • gulls
  • hagrides
  • harass
  • harasses
  • harries
  • harry
  • hassle
  • hassles
  • heckles
  • hoaxes
  • hoodwinks
  • humbugs
  • incenses
  • inflames
  • infuriate
  • infuriates
  • insults
  • irk
  • irks
  • irritate
  • irritates
  • itches
  • maddens
  • mazes
  • miffs
  • misguides
  • misleads
  • molest
  • mortifies
  • muddies
  • muddles
  • mystifies
  • nags
  • narks
  • needle
  • nettle
  • nettles
  • nonpluses
  • nonplusses
  • offend
  • offends
  • outrages
  • peeve
  • peeves
  • perplex
  • perplexes
  • persecutes
  • perturbs
  • pester
  • pesters
  • pique
  • piques
  • plague
  • plagues
  • poses
  • provoke
  • provokes
  • put out
  • puts out
  • puzzles
  • rankles
  • rasp
  • rasps
  • rattles
  • ride
  • rile
  • riles
  • roils
  • rouses
  • rubs the wrong way
  • ruffles
  • snows
  • spites
  • sticks
  • strings along
  • stumps
  • stuns
  • takes in
  • tease
  • teases
  • tick off
  • torment
  • tricks
  • trouble
  • turn off
  • undoes
  • unhinges
  • unsettles
  • upset
  • upsets
  • wears on
  • weirds out
  • worries
  • worry

balks

  • adversities
  • arrests
  • averts
  • baffles
  • barriers
  • bars
  • beats
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blockages
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • brick walls
  • burdens
  • catches
  • chains
  • checkmates
  • checks
  • clogs
  • conquers
  • constraints
  • counteracts
  • cramps
  • crimps
  • cumbers
  • curbs
  • dangers
  • defeats
  • delays
  • deterrents
  • difficulties
  • disadvantages
  • discomfits
  • drags
  • drawbacks
  • embargoes
  • embarrassments
  • encumbers
  • encumbrances
  • fetters
  • foils
  • forestalls
  • frustrates
  • halts
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • hardships
  • hazards
  • hinders
  • hindrances
  • hitches
  • hobbles
  • holdbacks
  • holds back
  • holdups
  • hurdles
  • impedes
  • impediments
  • inhibitions
  • inhibits
  • interferences
  • lets
  • loads
  • manacles
  • negates
  • neutralizes
  • nullifies
  • obstacles
  • obstructions
  • obstructs
  • obviates
  • offsets
  • overcomes
  • perils
  • precludes
  • prevents
  • reefs
  • reins
  • restraints
  • rubs
  • sets back
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • snags
  • stalls
  • stone walls
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • stumbling blocks
  • thwarts
  • ties up
  • trammels

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