Synonyms of live wire

live wire

noun

1

as in pistol

a very energetic person

the babysitter will have her hands full with those two little live wires

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pistol
• dynamo
• powerhouse
• fireball
• achiever
• comer
• go-ahead
• hustler
• highflyer
• doer
• enterpriser
• bootstrapper
• self-starter
• hummer
• highflier
• go-getter
• dasher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loafer
• idler
• trifler
• couch potato
• lounger
• dawdler
• shirker
• slacker
• drone
• do-nothing
• slug
• slouch
• goldbrick
• deadbeat
• sluggard
• clock-watcher
• layabout
• laggard
• lazybones
• loiterer
• lingerer
• slowpoke
• slugabed
• dallier
• stick-in-the-mud

2

as in powerhouse

an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired

that new reporter on the police beat is a real live wire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• powerhouse
• eager beaver
• go-ahead
• hustler
• highflyer
• self-starter
• hummer
• bootstrapper
• achiever
• highflier
• go-getter
• doer
• enterpriser
• comer
• individualist
• he-man

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loafer
• idler
• trifler
• drone
• putterer
• shirker
• lounger
• dawdler
• slacker
• procrastinator
• goldbrick
• malingerer
• sluggard
• laggard
• loiterer
• lazybones
• lingerer
• dreamer
• slowpoke
• dropout
• dallier
• neglecter
• daydreamer
• quitter
• stick-in-the-mud
• ignorer
• ne'er-do-well

Examples of live wire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eastbound and westbound Interstate 96 is closed between Milford and Wixom roads due to a live wire downed across all lanes of the freeway Friday morning. —Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024

But in the hours following, more reports of debris and downed live wires were received as gusty winds moved through the area. —Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024

The live wire of an issue is still playing out in the press as the band and their attorneys argue about what retiring or resigning means and clash over their current performances. —Justin Curto, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024

But now he’s left feeling like a loose live wire. —Hunter Harris, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2021