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

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