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
• hustler
• doer
• bootstrapper
• enterpriser
• highflier
• hummer
• go-ahead
• go-getter
• self-starter
• 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
• enterpriser
• self-starter
• hummer
• bootstrapper
• highflier
• achiever
• go-getter
• doer
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of live wire

Just days later, in Brookline, another man was working on scaffolding when his head touched a live wire, shocking and burning him. — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 25 May 2026

My daughter has been a live wire since she was born. — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 7 May 2026

One of the brothers used a carbon-fibre pole while attempting to get the bird down and touched the live wires on the power line, killing him instantly. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026

The Olympia is now absorbing this collective energy like a live wire. — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026