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confusion has 6 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
“the army retreated in confusion”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for confusion come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
“a confusion of impressions”
a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended
“the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel”