Definition for Perplexity:

• A perplexed condition; bewilderment.

Synonyms for Perplexity:

• n.

  •
  • emergency,
  • complication,
  • thing.
  •
  • awareness,
  • daze.
  •
  • show.
  •amazement (noun)
  • marvel,
  • something else,
  • wonder,
  • confoundment,
  • one for the books,
  • one for the book.
  •bewilderment (noun)
  • be-wilderments,
  • dis orientations,
  • sur prises,
  • dis-orientations,
  • sur-prises,
  • be wilderment,
  • be wilderments,
  • bafflements,
  • sur prise,
  • dis orientation,
  • sur-prise,
  • be-wilderment,
  • dis-orientation.
  •bother (noun)
  • pain in neck,
  • pain the neck,
  • head-ache,
  • worriments,
  • pain neck.
  •care (noun)
  • dis-mays,
  • dis-quiet,
  • dis quiet,
  • dis-composures,
  • mis-giving,
  • un-easiness,
  • fore bodings,
  • dis-may,
  • un easiness,
  • fore boding,
  • dis-composure,
  • dis quiets,
  • fore-bodings,
  • dis mays,
  • un-easinesses,
  • un easinesses,
  • un happinesses,
  • dis may,
  • dis composures,
  • un-happinesses,
  • fretfulnesses,
  • mis giving,
  • dis-quiets,
  • un-happiness,
  • dis composure,
  • fore-boding,
  • un happiness.
  •cognition (noun)
  • perplexity.
  •confusion (noun)
  • disarrangings,
  • de moralizations,
  • unsettlings,
  • dumbfoundings,
  • discomfitings,
  • de-moralization,
  • de moralization,
  • confoundings,
  • embroilings,
  • be-fuddling,
  • dis-arranging,
  • abashings,
  • up-setting,
  • be fuddling,
  • dis arranging,
  • upsettings,
  • up-settings,
  • perplexings,
  • befuddlings,
  • un-settlings,
  • obscurings,
  • un settlings,
  • un-settling,
  • tanglings,
  • mixup mystifications,
  • embarrassings,
  • un settling,
  • up setting,
  • de-moralizations,
  • up settings,
  • Clutterings,
  • stirring ups,
  • disturbings.
  •consideration (noun)
  • ex tents,
  • ex-tent,
  • ex tent,
  • ex-tents.
  •consternation (noun)
  • muddlements,
  • trepidities.
  •crisis (noun)
  • cross-roads,
  • dilemma,
  • Cross-road,
  • hot potato,
  • big trouble,
  • hour of decision,
  • height,
  • urgency.
  •daze (noun)
  • nadaville,
  • bewilderment,
  • narcosis,
  • glaze,
  • shock,
  • lala-land,
  • gauze,
  • haze.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • laboriousness,
  • arduousness,
  • hangup,
  • strenuousness,
  • vicissitude,
  • millstone,
  • painfulness.
  •dilemma (noun)
  • catch 22's,
  • catch 22,
  • tight corners,
  • catch22's,
  • double binds,
  • catch-22's,
  • catch22.
  •discombobulation (noun)
  • disconcertment.
  •disorientation (noun)
  • confusion.
  •distraction (noun)
  • dis traction,
  • re creations,
  • re creation,
  • dis-order,
  • pre occupations,
  • dis orders,
  • pre occupation,
  • dis tractions,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis-tractions,
  • dis order,
  • dis-traction,
  • pre-occupation,
  • pre-occupations.
  •distress (noun)
  • de-solations,
  • dis-comforts,
  • dis-comfort,
  • dis comforts,
  • dis-appointment,
  • dis tresses,
  • dis-tress,
  • dis quietude,
  • de-solation,
  • de solation,
  • dis tress,
  • dis-quietude,
  • dis comfort,
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis appointment,
  • dis quietudes,
  • unconsolabilities,
  • dis appointments,
  • de solations,
  • dis-appointments,
  • dis-quietudes.
  •doubt (noun)
  • demurral,
  • lack of confidence,
  • agnosticism,
  • waverings.
  •enigma (noun)
  • sphinges,
  • sixty four dollar question,
  • sixty-four dollar questions,
  • mind twisters,
  • tough nut crack,
  • sixty four dollar questions,
  • mind bogglers,
  • question marks,
  • mind-bogglers,
  • mindbogglers,
  • mind-twisters,
  • mindtwisters,
  • gordian knots,
  • mind boggler,
  • sixtyfour dollar questions,
  • mind twister,
  • sixtyfour dollar question,
  • mindtwister.
  •fog (noun)
  • muddlednesses.
  •plight (noun)
  • double troubles.
  •predicament (noun)
  • fix,
  • problem,
  • jam,
  • pickle,
  • ordeal,
  • predicament.
  •quandary (noun)
  • up tree,
  • up a trees,
  • up trees.
  •riddle (noun)
  • brain twister,
  • tough propositions,
  • knotty questions,
  • brain-twisters,
  • brain twisters.
  •scruple (noun)
  • reconsiderations,
  • reconsideration,
  • superego,
  • scruples,
  • Reluctancy,
  • Superegos,
  • scruple,
  • squeamishness.
  •strait (noun)
  • choke points.
  •suspense (noun)
  • in decisiveness,
  • cliff-hangers,
  • cloak dagger,
  • in-security,
  • in decisivenesses,
  • cloak and daggers,
  • in-decisivenesses,
  • pageturners,
  • cliff hangers,
  • page turners,
  • page turner,
  • pageturner,
  • in securities,
  • cliff hanger,
  • in-decisiveness,
  • in-securities,
  • cloak daggers,
  • page-turners.
  •uncertainty (noun)
  • inconclusiveness,
  • unpredictabilities,
  • Uncertainties,
  • Questionableness,
  • unpredictability.
  •unrest (noun)
  • moodiness,
  • bickerings.
  •wonder (noun)
  • wonderings.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • preoccupation,
  • delirium,
  • puzzle,
  • mist,
  • the outside world,
  • will-o'-the-wisp,
  • dark horse,
  • culture shock,
  • imponderable,
  • unknown quantity,
  • crapshoot,
  • stranger,
  • blind spot,
  • mixed message,
  • the twilight zone,
  • ambiguity,
  • riddle.
  •
  • abstraction,
  • Arcana,
  • conundrum,
  • secret,
  • mistake,
  • unknown.
  •
  • stupor,
  • trance.
  •hesitation
  • incertitude.

Paraphrases for Perplexity:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    bewilderment.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    confusion, concern.

Antonyms for Perplexity:

• n.

  • daze
    clearness, consciousness.
  • mystery
    harmony.
  • Other antonyms:
    confidence, certainty, conviction, composure, stoicism, positiveness, calmness, self-possession, certitude, indifference, preparation, expectation, assurance, steadiness, sureness, anticipation, coolness.

Perplexity Sentence Examples:

• As he read, concern, perplexity, amazement, anger, all showed in his countenance.

• Parkins watched it in a horrid perplexity.

Hypernym for Perplexity:

• n.

  • cognition
    maze, snarl, secret, dilemma, quandary, tangle, mystery, closed book, enigma.

Hyponym for Perplexity:

• n.

  • cognition
    confusion, confusedness, muddiness, mental confusion, disarray.