Synonyms of buffalo

buffalo

verb

1

as in to fool

to cause to believe what is untrue

I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fool
• trick
• deceive
• kid
• snow
• sucker
• gull
• tease
• bluff
• suck in
• string along
• gammon
• mislead
• fake out
• humbug
• hornswoggle
• dupe
• have on
• sting
• con
• juggle
• delude
• hoax
• misguide
• gaff
• burn
• hoodwink
• misinform
• snooker
• catch
• bamboozle
• pull one's leg
• spoof
• pull the wool over one's eyes
• cheat
• take in
• lead one down the garden path
• have
• cozen
• beguile
• do a number on
• stick
• skin
• fleece
• put on
• swindle
• rook
• euchre
• hustle
• bleed
• flimflam
• chisel
• mulct
• shortchange
• defraud
• diddle
• squeeze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undeceive
• show up
• expose
• reveal
• uncover
• tell
• unmask
• debunk
• divulge
• disclose
• unveil
• disillusion
• uncloak
• disabuse
• disenchant

2

as in to baffle

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• baffle
• puzzle
• confuse
• bewilder
• perplex
• fox
• pose
• gravel
• rattle
• muddy
• maze
• stun
• embarrass
• bother
• muddle
• discombobulate
• vex
• mystify
• disturb
• flummox
• addle
• befuddle
• bamboozle
• fluster
• fuddle
• upset
• get
• bemuse
• confound
• blow one's mind
• disorient
• beat
• befog
• go to one's head
• stick
• stump
• distress
• unsettle
• snow
• discomfort
• faze
• mortify
• agitate
• weird out
• gull
• abash
• disquiet
• fool
• deceive
• discomfit
• discountenance
• string along
• nonplus
• disconcert
• discompose
• dismay
• mislead
• chagrin
• trick
• perturb
• humbug
• dupe
• unhinge
• delude
• hoax
• misguide
• hoodwink
• take in
• cozen
• beguile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assure
• satisfy
• inform
• reassure
• enlighten

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of buffalo

Eva has the senior management in our company completely buffaloed. —Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2020