Word Meanings - OBFUSCATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OBFUSCATE)

• Mystify
• Confuse
• bamboozle
• hoodwink
• puzzle
• confound
• mislead
• obfuscate

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of OBFUSCATE)

• Enlighten
• instruct
• illumine

Related words: (words related to OBFUSCATE)

• PUZZLEMENT
  The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• PUZZLE
  1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
• PUZZLEDOM
  The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• ILLUMINER
  One who, or that which, illuminates.
• CONFOUNDEDLY
  Extremely; odiously; detestably. "Confoundedly sick." Goldsmith.
• CONFUSEDNESS
  A state of confusion. Norris.
• MYSTIFY
  1. To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture. 2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of ; as, to mystify an opponent. He took undue advantage of
• MISLEAD
  To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive. Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you. Bacon. To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler. Milton. Syn. -- To delude; deceive.
• ILLUMINE
  To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.
• INSTRUCTION
  1. The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information. 2. That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted; as: Precept; information; teachings. Direction; order; command.
• MISLEADER
  One who leads into error.
• HOODWINK
  1. To blind by covering the eyes. We will blind and hoodwink him. Shak. 2. To cover; to hide. Shak. 3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. "Hoodwinked with kindness." Sir P. Sidney.
• CONFOUNDER
  One who confounds.
• CONFUSE
  Mixed; confounded. Baret.
• CONFUSEDLY
  In a confused manner.
• INSTRUCTER
  See INSTRUCTOR
• BAMBOOZLER
  A swindler; one who deceives by trickery. Arbuthnot.
• CONFUSELY
  Confusedly; obscurely.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• REILLUMINE
  To illumine again or anew; to reillume.
• MISINSTRUCT
  To instruct amiss.
• UNCONFOUNDED
  Not confounded. Bp. Warburton.
• INCONFUSED
  Not confused; distinct.