What is another word for perplexity?
536 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pəplˈɛksɪti], [ pəplˈɛksɪti], [ p_ə_p_l_ˈɛ_k_s_ɪ_t_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for perplexity:- amazement (noun)
- bewilderment (noun)
- bother (noun)
- care (noun)
- cognition (noun)
- confusion (noun)
- consideration (noun)
- consternation (noun)
- crisis (noun)
- daze (noun)
- difficulty (noun)
- dilemma (noun)
- discombobulation (noun)
- disorientation (noun)
- distraction (noun)
- distress (noun)
- doubt (noun)
- enigma (noun)
- fog (noun)
- matter (noun)
- muddle (noun)
- mystery (noun)
- mystification (noun)
- plight (noun)
- predicament (noun)
- quandary (noun)
- riddle (noun)
- scruple (noun)
- strait (noun)
- suspense (noun)
- uncertainty (noun)
- unrest (noun)
- wonder (noun)
- other synonyms
- hesitation
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Perplexity:
n.
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- emergency,
- complication,
- thing.
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- show.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- foulups,
- rats nest,
- dis-array,
- dis array,
- mess a half,
- mess and a halves,
- rats nests,
- foul-ups,
- dis-arrangement,
- dis-arrangements,
- dis arrays,
- dis organization,
- rat nest,
- dis arrangements,
- dis-organization,
- screw ups,
- rat's nests,
- rat nests,
- mess a halves,
- mess and half,
- dis organizations,
- foul ups,
- screw-ups,
- dis arrangement,
- mess and halves,
- mess halves,
- dis-organizations,
- dis-arrays.
- crux,
- sixty-four-thousand-dollar question,
- chiller,
- occult,
- stickler,
- cliffhanger,
- secrecy,
- cryptogram,
- oracle,
- question,
- charade,
- problem,
- twister,
- why.
- fix,
- predicament,
- pickle,
- ordeal,
- jam.
Other synonyms:
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- 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.
- dubiously,
- timidity,
- Unsettlement,
- impenetrability,
- confusedly,
- fear,
- implication,
- furious,
- fluster,
- desperately,
- anguish,
- derange,
- vexed question,
- intricacy,
- embarrass,
- bemusedly,
- botheration,
- jumble,
- awkwardness,
- moil,
- trouble,
- latency,
- raveling,
- extravagantly,
- catch-22,
- abashment,
- confused,
- disarrange,
- baffle,
- dubious,
- admiration,
- apprehensively,
- agitation,
- frantically,
- abstractedly,
- murkiness,
- perturb,
- greatly,
- disorient,
- craze,
- extremely,
- darkness,
- embarrassment,
- confuse,
- disorder,
- concealment,
- inconceivableness,
- Imperspicuity,
- heed,
- deadlock,
- convolution,
- doubtfully,
- swivet,
- demoralize,
- worriedly,
- involvement,
- sense of shame,
- scrape,
- fuddle,
- Knarl,
- eerie,
- frustrate,
- discombobulate,
- questionable,
- excessively,
- disagreeable,
- awkward,
- chaos,
- fuzziness,
- extraordinarily,
- network,
- bewilder,
- distrust,
- entanglement,
- absentmindedly,
- disconcert,
- disturbance,
- frenzy,
- difficult,
- involution,
- complexity,
- Sleave,
- hugger mugger,
- anxiety,
- uneasiness,
- bedevil,
- incredulity,
- direction,
- uneasily,
- perplexedly,
- ramification,
- fogginess,
- obscurantism,
- wheels within wheels,
- unsure,
- mistiness,
- indistinctness,
- complexness,
- blankly,
- bind,
- mysterious,
- technicality,
- indetermination,
- difficult problem,
- nonplus,
- shapelessness,
- frenziedly,
- tousled,
- obscure,
- Obscuration,
- bemuse,
- excitedly,
- mystical,
- pucker,
- attention,
- murk,
- dazedly,
- crabbedness,
- suspicion,
- reconditeness,
- shuffle,
- dither,
- vagueness,
- crossword puzzle,
- oxymoron,
- ruffle,
- isthmus,
- Intricateness,
- unhinge,
- bewilderedly,
- enormously,
- opacity,
- indeterminateness,
- demanding,
- anxiously,
- unclarity,
- confusedness,
- hold,
- net,
- circumspection,
- inexplicable,
- befuddle,
- tanglement,
- transcendentalism,
- coil,
- discompose,
- confoundedly,
- bewitch,
- circumvent,
- amorphousness,
- tizzy,
- inscrutable,
- complicate,
- changeable,
- fault,
- confound,
- node,
- vacillation,
- nodus,
- unbelief,
- scepticism,
- unclearness,
- mixing up,
- unclearly,
- complicatedness,
- paradox,
- discomfiture,
- disquiet,
- annoyance,
- complicatedly,
- disconcertedness,
- hesitation,
- arduous,
- discomfort,
- jungle,
- discomposure,
- jigsaw puzzle,
- precaution,
- uncertain,
- watchfulness,
- mistrust,
- wilderness,
- cross fire,
- Pons Asinorum,
- Agitatedly,
- unintelligibility,
- Floorer,
- arcaneness,
- Intrication,
- flutter,
- agitate,
- variable,
- astonishment,
- Spinosity,
- cloud,
- Complexus,
- disorganization,
- ply with,
- meshes,
- baffling problem,
- sweat,
- perturbation,
- noisy,
- mumbo jumbo,
- webwork,
- chancy,
- disconcertion,
- deep,
- nervousness,
- bamboozlement,
- distractedly,
- commotion,
- upset,
- discomfit,
- scruple,
- derangement,
- turbulent,
- flummox,
- hesitancy,
- head-scratching,
- disturb,
- kink,
- impenetrableness,
- delicacy,
- incomprehensible,
- distract,
- utterly,
- incomprehensibility,
- dark.
Paraphrases for Perplexity:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
bewilderment.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
Antonyms for Perplexity:
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n.
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daze
clearness, consciousness.
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mystery
harmony.
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Other antonyms:
confidence, certainty, conviction, composure, stoicism, positiveness, calmness, self-possession, certitude, indifference, preparation, expectation, assurance, steadiness, sureness, anticipation, coolness.
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daze
Hypernym for Perplexity:
Hyponym for Perplexity:
n.
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cognition
confusion, confusedness, muddiness, mental confusion, disarray.
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cognition