Bamboozle

/bæmˈbuː.zl̩/

Synonyms for "bamboozle" (110 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Verb(4 words)

hoodwink bewilder bewilderment buffaloing

addle amaze baffle beat befool beguile betray bilk blind bluff boggle buffalo cajole catch cheatcheat onchicane

Adjective(1 words)

befuddled

Strong matches (33)

chisel circumvent confound conjure daze deceive defraud delude diddledouble crossdouble-cross dupe dust flimflam floor foist fool forestall fuddle gammon

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getget aroundgull hoax

Verb(9 words)

confound confuse confusion deceive deception disorientation finagle fool hoax

Related words (55)

hocus-pocus hoodwink hornswaggle humbug job jugglekeep in suspensekid leadlet downlick maze mock muddle mystify nonplus outmaneuver outreach outsmart outwit

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overreach perplex pigeonplay one falsepreypull a fast oneput something overpuzzle ride rig snow spoof stickstring alongstump swindle taketake inthrow tricktwo timetwo-time victimize

Verb(11 words)

lead by the nosemisdirect mislead perplexplay falsepull the wool over someone's eyesruse scam snow snowed trick

Noun(1 words)

mountebank

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries

betray cognition con condition deceive deception fraudlead astraystate of mindtrick

More specific

9 entries

bewildermentconfidence trickconfusion dupe fool gull hoax misperception scam

Collocations

10 entries

bamboozle attemptbamboozle customersbamboozle investorsbamboozle readersbamboozle schemebamboozle tacticbamboozle the publicbamboozle votersmassive bamboozlepolitical bamboozle

Inflections

3 entries

bamboozled bamboozles bamboozling

Derivations

2 entries

bamboozlement bamboozler

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Don't let him bamboozle you into falling for his scam.

Source: tatoeba (6038096)

Don't try to bamboozle me.

Source: tatoeba (10928618)

“Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.”

Source: wiktionary

He's completely bamboozled by the changes in the computer system.

Source: wiktionary

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