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.

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  • overdoes
  • overdraw
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  • overemphasizes
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  • overstates
  • paces
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  • packing
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  • plays up
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  • power walks
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  • promenades
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  • pussyfoot
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  • quarters
  • quire
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  • rambles
  • ranch houses
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  • recreational vehicles
  • rectories
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  • residences
  • residencies
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  • roofs
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  • rooms
  • sacks
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  • salons
  • saltboxes
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  • scrapbooks
  • scratch
  • scratch pad
  • scratch pads
  • scuffs
  • semis
  • setup
  • shacks
  • shakedowns
  • shambles
  • shanties
  • shape
  • shelters
  • shields
  • shuffles
  • sleigh beds
  • slips
  • sneak
  • sofa beds
  • sofas
  • spin
  • split levels
  • staggers
  • stalks
  • steal
  • steps
  • steps out
  • stomps
  • stresses
  • stretch
  • stretches
  • strides
  • strolls
  • struts
  • studio couches
  • stuff
  • stuffing
  • stumbles
  • stumps
  • suites
  • swaggers
  • tablets
  • taps
  • tenement houses
  • tenements
  • tiptoes
  • toddles
  • town houses
  • townhomes
  • tract houses
  • trailers
  • traipse
  • traipses
  • tramp
  • tramples
  • tramps
  • treads
  • trek
  • treks
  • triplexes
  • trips
  • tromps
  • troops
  • trots
  • trudge
  • trudges
  • trundle beds
  • vicarages
  • villas
  • wad
  • wadding
  • waddles
  • walk-ups
  • walks
  • wanders
  • waste
  • water beds

sabotages

  • annihilates
  • arrests
  • attack
  • baffles
  • bangs up
  • block
  • bollix
  • bottlenecks
  • brakes
  • break up
  • breaks
  • checks
  • constrains
  • cripple
  • curbs
  • damages
  • decelerates
  • deep six
  • defacements
  • defaces
  • demolishes
  • demolishments
  • demolition
  • depredates
  • depredations
  • desecrates
  • desecrations
  • despoilments
  • despoils
  • destroy
  • destroys
  • destruction
  • destructions
  • devastates
  • disable
  • disrupt
  • disruption
  • do
  • do in
  • encumbers
  • foils
  • foul up
  • frustrate
  • frustrates
  • graffitis
  • halts
  • hamper
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • harms
  • hinder
  • hinders
  • hobbles
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • hurts
  • impairment
  • impairs
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • injury
  • loots
  • louse up
  • marauds
  • mars
  • mess up
  • mischief
  • obstruct
  • obstructs
  • overthrow
  • pillages
  • plunders
  • predations
  • put out of action
  • put out of commission
  • ransacks
  • ravages
  • ravens
  • razes
  • reins
  • restrains
  • retards
  • ruinations
  • ruins
  • sackings
  • sacks
  • scourges
  • screw up
  • sets back
  • shatters
  • slackens
  • slows
  • smashes
  • spoils
  • spoliates
  • spoliations
  • stops
  • subversion
  • subversiveness
  • subvert
  • tags
  • take out
  • tears down
  • throw a monkey wrench into
  • thwarts
  • ties up
  • torpedo
  • totals
  • trashes
  • treachery
  • treason
  • undermine
  • undermining
  • vandalism
  • vandalisms
  • vandalizations
  • vandalize
  • vandalizes
  • violates
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • wracks
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking
  • wrecks

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

halts

  • Mexican standoffs
  • abates
  • abeyances
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • annuls
  • arrestments
  • arrests
  • backs down
  • baffles
  • balances
  • balks
  • binds
  • bites the dust
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • blunders
  • bottlenecks
  • brakes
  • breaks
  • breaks down
  • breaks off
  • breaks up
  • brings up
  • calls
  • cans
  • catches
  • ceases
  • cessations
  • checks
  • chokes off
  • clamps down
  • clogs
  • closedowns
  • closes
  • closures
  • completes
  • concludes
  • conclusions
  • considers
  • corners
  • cutoffs
  • cuts off
  • cuts out
  • dallies
  • dams
  • dawdles
  • deactivates
  • dead ends
  • dead-ends
  • deadlocks
  • debates
  • delays
  • deliberates
  • demolishes
  • destroys
  • detains
  • determines
  • dies
  • difficulties
  • dilemmas
  • discontinuances
  • discontinuations
  • discontinues
  • dissolves
  • dithers
  • dodders
  • draws up
  • drops
  • elapses
  • endings
  • ends
  • equivocates
  • expirations
  • expires
  • falters
  • fetches up
  • finishes
  • fixes
  • flounders
  • gives over
  • goes
  • gridlocks
  • hangs back
  • has done with
  • haws
  • hedges
  • hems
  • hesitates
  • hinders
  • hitches
  • hobbles
  • holds
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • holes
  • impasses
  • impedes
  • interruptions
  • jams
  • kiboshes
  • kills
  • knocks off
  • lapses
  • layoffs
  • lays off
  • leaves off
  • lets up
  • letups
  • limps
  • lingers
  • logjams
  • lurches
  • mop-ups
  • morasses
  • moratoria
  • moratoriums
  • obstructs
  • offsets
  • oscillates
  • passes
  • pauses
  • phaseouts
  • pickles
  • pinches
  • plights
  • ponders
  • predicaments
  • problems
  • procrastinates
  • pulls up
  • pussyfoots
  • puts the kibosh on
  • quagmires
  • quandaries
  • quits
  • represses
  • ruins
  • scruples
  • scuttles
  • shambles
  • shilly-shallies
  • shuffles
  • shutdowns
  • shutoffs
  • shuts off
  • snags
  • snuffs
  • spots
  • squashes
  • squelches
  • staggers
  • stalemates
  • stalls
  • stamps
  • stanches
  • standoffs
  • standstills
  • staunches
  • stays
  • stems
  • stills
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • stumbles
  • stunts
  • suppresses
  • surceases
  • suspends
  • suspensions
  • sways
  • teeters
  • terminates
  • terminations
  • totters
  • turns back
  • vacillates
  • wabbles
  • waffles
  • waits
  • wavers
  • weighs
  • winds down
  • winds up
  • wobbles

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