What are some opposite words for haywire?
Antonyms for haywire
ˈheɪˌwaɪərhay·wire
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term haywire.
Wiktionary
haywirenoun
Synonyms:
baler twinehaywireadjective
Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs).
Synonyms:
baler twine
Princeton's WordNet
haywireadjective
wire for tying up bales of hay
Antonyms:
sane, functioningbalmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whackyadjective
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
"it used to drive my husband balmy"
Antonyms:
functioning, saneSynonyms:
crackers, nutlike, roughened, round the bend, bats, gaga, cockamamy, zesty, buggy, dotty, soft, wacky, kooky, daft, fruity, alligatored, zestful, kookie, nuts, sappy, bonkers, cracked, nutty, wrong(p), loco, wild, chapped, zany, silly, amiss(p), mild, awry(p), batty, crazy, loony, yeasty, barmy, cockamamie, goofy, around the bend, balmy, loopy, whackyamiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)adjective
not functioning properly
"something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
Antonyms:
sane, functioning
How to use haywire in a sentence?
The vast majority of this trial was played out on social media, i think that this trial is an example of that gone haywire, that gone amok, and the jury is not immune to that…I think even for the most well-intentioned juror, it would have been impossible to avoid this.
Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke:
He was banking on the fear factor. … Faisel Mohammad plan went haywire because people fought back, faisel Mohammad got so befuddled at the activities that happened ; it took the script away from Faisel Mohammad.
Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke:
Mohammad Zargham plan went haywire because people fought back.
They have put the same number of people in fewer airplanes, anytime the system ramps up, it goes haywire.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#9337 | functioning | |
#17865 | sane | |
#84964 | haywire |
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