Synonyms for wire
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1. wirenoun

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

   Antonyms:
   unwire

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.

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

   Antonyms:
   unwire

4. wirenoun

   To string on a wire.

   wire beads

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

   Antonyms:
   unwire

5. wirenoun

   To equip with wires for use with electricity.

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

   Antonyms:
   unwire

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.

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

   Antonyms:
   unwire

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.

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

   Antonyms:
   unwire

8. wirenoun

   To make someone tense or psyched-up.

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

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

   Antonyms:
   unwire

9. wirenoun

   To install eavesdropping equipment.

   We wired the suspect's house.

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

   Antonyms:
   unwire

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wirenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   telegram, conducting wire

   Antonyms:
   unwire

2. wire, conducting wirenoun

   a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

   Synonyms:
   telegram, conducting wire

   Antonyms:
   unwire

3. wirenoun

   the finishing line on a racetrack

   Synonyms:
   telegram, conducting wire

   Antonyms:
   unwire

4. telegram, wireverb

   a message transmitted by telegraph

   Synonyms:
   telegram, conducting wire

   Antonyms:
   unwire

5. wireverb

   provide with electrical circuits

   "wire the addition to the house"

   Synonyms:
   cable, telegraph, electrify

   Antonyms:
   unwire

6. cable, telegraph, wireverb

   send cables, wires, or telegrams

   Synonyms:
   cable, telegraph, electrify

   Antonyms:
   unwire

7. wireverb

   fasten with wire

   "The columns were wired to the beams for support"

   Synonyms:
   cable, telegraph, electrify

   Antonyms:
   unwire

8. wireverb

   string on a wire

   "wire beads"

   Synonyms:
   cable, telegraph, electrify

   Antonyms:
   unwire

9. electrify, wireverb

   equip for use with electricity

   "electrify an appliance"

   Synonyms:
   cable, telegraph, electrify

   Antonyms:
   unwire

Matched Categories

1. • Adapt
   • Equip
   • Fasten
   • Finishing Line
   • Ligament
   • String
   • Telecommunicate
   • Telegraphy

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wirenoun

   Synonyms:
   metallic thread

2. wireverb

   Synonyms:
   put upon a wire

3. wireverb

   Synonyms:
   bind with wire

4. wireverb

   Synonyms:
   ensnare by wires

5. wireverb

   Synonyms:
   [Modern.] telegraph, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "wire":

   cable, cord, cables, wires, yarn, wiring, thread, son, fil, lead, cords, telegraphic, cabling, telegram, rope, telegraph

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1. Paul Callan:

   In criminal law, the police can't wire somebody up. They have to give you Miranda warnings if they're going to take a statement from you, however, if a civilian is tape recording you, as was the case here with HBO, that's admissible in court if it's relevant to the crime committed.

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3. Erik Pevernagie:

   The whole wire system of the brain could be disconnected in a spark of a second by a sometimes unsignificant detail. An unexpected incident or an innocuous phone call may provoke an ethereal distress that might plunge one’s life into chaos and like a sudden twist of fate overturn everything, ransacking the assembled experiences of our history. (“Alors, tout a basculé”)

4. Michael Cantore III:

   We can purely focus on advice and solutions, rather than having to think about product the way that often happens inside the wire houses.

5. Prosecutor Molins:

   The head was discovered hanging on the factory's wire fence, framed by two flags that included references to the shahada, or (Muslim) profession of faith.