at sea

Questions about at sea

What does at sea mean?

at sea means "perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment".

What is another word for at sea?

Close synonyms include baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is at sea a common word?

at sea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.