Definition: mistake one thing for another
Usage: you are confusing me with the other candidate; I mistook her for the secretary
Similar words: misidentify, mistake
Definition: identify incorrectly
Usage: Don't mistake her for her twin sister
Synonyms: obnubilate, obscure, confuse, blur
Definition: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
Usage: Her remarks confused the debate; Their words obnubilate their intentions
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: throw, bedevil, befuddle, discombobulate, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle
Definition: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Usage: These questions confuse even the experts; This question completely threw me; This question befuddled even the teacher
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Synonyms: confuse, mix up, jumble
Definition: assemble without order or sense
Usage: She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence
Similar words: set up, assemble, tack, tack together, put together, piece
Definition: create by putting components or members together
Usage: She pieced a quilt; He tacked together some verses; They set up a committee
Synonyms: flurry, put off, disconcert, confuse
Definition: cause to feel embarrassment
Usage: The constant attention of the young man confused her