Synonyms for “confusion”

noun

1. =  bewilderment, doubt, uncertainty, puzzlement, perplexity, mystification, bafflement, perturbation • Omissions in my recent article may have caused some confusion.
   opposites: solution, explanation, enlightenment, clarification
2. =  disorder, chaos, turmoil, upheaval, muddle, bustle, shambles, disarray, commotion, disorganization, disarrangement • The rebel leader seems to have escaped in the confusion.
   opposites: order, organization, arrangement, neatness, tidiness
3. =  puzzlement, bewilderment, perplexity, bafflement, mystification, perturbation • I left his office in a state of confusion.
4. = disconcertion, embarrassment, distraction, chagrin, fluster, disorientation, discomfiture, demoralization, mind-fuck (taboo & slang), abashment