Synonyms of bamboozling

bamboozling

verb

present participle of bamboozle

1

as in tricking

to cause to believe what is untrue

bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tricking
• fooling
• deceiving
• hoodwinking
• misleading
• duping
• conning
• misinforming
• gulling
• deluding
• teasing
• kidding
• misguiding
• suckering
• snookering
• hoaxing
• humbugging
• juggling
• beguiling
• bluffing
• cozening
• cheating
• stinging
• gaffing
• spoofing
• catching
• sucking in
• stringing along
• snowing
• having
• gammoning
• burning
• taking in
• having on
• faking out
• hornswoggling
• buffaloing
• doing a number on
• defrauding
• leading one down the garden path
• fleecing
• swindling
• pulling one's leg
• pulling the wool over one's eyes
• shortchanging
• sticking
• mulcting
• hustling
• rooking
• putting on
• diddling
• bleeding
• chiseling
• flimflamming
• squeezing
• skinning
• euchring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposing
• revealing
• uncovering
• debunking
• telling
• unmasking
• disclosing
• divulging
• undeceiving
• showing up
• unveiling
• disillusioning
• disabusing
• uncloaking
• disenchanting

2

as in baffling

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

I'm completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code

Synonyms & Similar Words

• baffling
• bewildering
• confusing
• puzzling
• perplexing
• befuddling
• flummoxing
• mystifying
• embarrassing
• confounding
• muddling
• flustering
• posing
• disorienting
• discombobulating
• bemusing
• vexing
• bothering
• muddying
• rattling
• stunning
• fuddling
• addling
• disturbing
• getting
• graveling
• upsetting
• befogging
• mazing
• beating
• stumping
• unsettling
• buffaloing
• foxing
• blowing one's mind
• sticking
• deceiving
• disconcerting
• distressing
• hoodwinking
• fooling
• tricking
• discomfiting
• going to one's head
• duping
• fazing
• misleading
• deluding
• agitating
• mortifying
• gulling
• abashing
• perturbing
• misguiding
• dismaying
• discomforting
• disquieting
• beguiling
• hoaxing
• humbugging
• unhinging
• discountenancing
• cozening
• discomposing
• nonplussing
• weirding out
• snowing
• chagrining
• taking in
• stringing along

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assuring
• satisfying
• informing
• reassuring
• enlightening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bamboozling

His serve is monstrous; his forehand is potent; his backhand slice is bamboozling. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Their cyber hacking uncovers more than just corrupt money and that propels them into bamboozling Heard’s model daughter (Jessica Reynolds, a standout in an impressive young cast). — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 13 May 2026

And the performer isn’t a comedian, but Oz Pearlman, a mentalist who has made his fame bamboozling everyone from billionaires like Mark Cuban to podcasters like Joe Rogan with intricate mind games that defy explanation. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026

And now, a class action has been filed against Spotify for allegedly bamboozling consumers. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025