What are some opposite words for wire?

Antonyms for wire
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  1. wirenoun

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    thread, steel wire, conducting wire, barbed wire, telegram, telegraph, cable, electrify

  2. wirenoun

    Synonyms:
    score string

  3. wirenoun

    To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.

    We need to wire that hole in the fence.

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    steel wire, telegram, telegraph, conducting wire, cable, barbed wire, thread, electrify

  4. wirenoun

    To string on a wire.

    wire beads

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    steel wire, conducting wire, thread, cable, barbed wire, telegraph, telegram, electrify

  5. wirenoun

    To equip with wires for use with electricity.

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    steel wire, barbed wire, telegram, cable, conducting wire, thread, telegraph, electrify

  6. wirenoun

    To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.

    I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    telegraph, conducting wire, telegram, thread, cable, steel wire, barbed wire, electrify

  7. wirenoun

    To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominately by telegraph.

    Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling.

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    telegraph, thread, cable, conducting wire, steel wire, telegram, barbed wire, electrify

  8. wirenoun

    To make someone tense or psyched-up.

    I'm never going to sleep – I'm completely wired from all that coffee.

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    telegram, telegraph, thread, barbed wire, cable, conducting wire, steel wire, electrify

  9. wirenoun

    To install eavesdropping equipment.

    We wired the suspect's house.

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    steel wire, telegram, barbed wire, conducting wire, thread, cable, telegraph, electrify

  10. wirenoun

    A deadline or critical endpoint.

    This election is going to go right to the wire

    Synonyms:
    telegram, cable, telegraph, steel wire, barbed wire, conducting wire, thread

  11. wirenoun

    A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.

    Synonyms:
    conducting wire, steel wire, thread, barbed wire, telegram, cable, telegraph

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  1. wirenoun

    ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    telegram, conducting wire

  2. wire, conducting wirenoun

    a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    telegram, conducting wire

  3. wirenoun

    the finishing line on a racetrack

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    telegram, conducting wire

  4. telegram, wireverb

    a message transmitted by telegraph

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    telegram, conducting wire

  5. wireverb

    provide with electrical circuits

    "wire the addition to the house"

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    cable, telegraph, electrify

  6. cable, telegraph, wireverb

    send cables, wires, or telegrams

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    cable, telegraph, electrify

  7. wireverb

    fasten with wire

    "The columns were wired to the beams for support"

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    cable, telegraph, electrify

  8. wireverb

    string on a wire

    "wire beads"

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    cable, telegraph, electrify

  9. electrify, wireverb

    equip for use with electricity

    "electrify an appliance"

    Antonyms:
    unwire

    Synonyms:
    cable, telegraph, electrify

How to use wire in a sentence?

  1. Oprah Winfrey:

    Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

  2. Sherrie Nixon:

    They're turning our town into a military base. It's like the front lines of some kind of war zone, please take a stand and at least have them get rid of the razor wire. It's a public nuisance, it's lethal.

  3. Instrumentation cable:

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  4. Robert Thomas:

    I feel fortunate that we got in under the wire and were able to raise (money) for the next two years to carry us through.

  5. Edward Moya:

    This has been a disappointing week on many fronts, there’s been no progress on COVID aid relief talks in DC, we have Brexit, which is once again going to go down to the wire, and coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations are still at a staggering pace in the U.S. and it’s likely to lead to more restrictive measures and lockdowns.

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