Synonyms of live wires

live wires

noun

plural of live wire

1

as in pistols

a very energetic person

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pistols
• dynamos
• powerhouses
• fireballs
• achievers
• go-aheads
• bootstrappers
• highfliers
• comers
• hustlers
• doers
• enterprisers
• self-starters
• go-getters
• hummers
• dashers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loafers
• triflers
• idlers
• dawdlers
• loungers
• goldbricks
• couch potatoes
• shirkers
• clock-watchers
• slackers
• drones
• slugs
• slugabeds
• deadbeats
• sluggards
• slouches
• layabouts
• lazybones
• laggards
• loiterers
• lingerers
• slowpokes
• dalliers
• do-nothings
• stick-in-the-muds

2

as in powerhouses

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

• powerhouses
• go-aheads
• bootstrappers
• highfliers
• self-starters
• eager beavers
• hustlers
• enterprisers
• achievers
• hummers
• go-getters
• comers
• doers
• individualists
• he-men

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loafers
• putterers
• triflers
• idlers
• goldbricks
• dawdlers
• loungers
• drones
• shirkers
• slackers
• procrastinators
• sluggards
• malingerers
• laggards
• loiterers
• ignorers
• neglecters
• lazybones
• lingerers
• slowpokes
• dreamers
• dalliers
• dropouts
• daydreamers
• stick-in-the-muds
• quitters
• ne'er-do-wells

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of live wires

Who was lax in announcing that Con Edison would be doing electrical work in the park and there could be danger of live wires? — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026

Response efforts were slowed as debris blocked roads and live wires created hazardous conditions. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Trees and branches were taken out, and live wires went down. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 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

On the other hand, the Cracker Barrel debacle touched so many live wires of American politics that the story was simply irresistible. — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025