Antonyms for wire
waɪərwire

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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

Matched Categories

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

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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. Edward Moya:

   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.

2. Swami Krishnananda:

   Just as, when we touch a live wire, the electric force infuses itself into our body, when we deeply meditate on God the power of the whole universe seeks entry into our personality.

3. Jeff Shesol:

   This isn't just light entertainment. It's a high-wire act for the president, and more so in the last decade or so than it used to be. We live in a different era.

4. Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic:

   I believe the policy in Budapest of raising walls is dangerous and cruel, wire in Europe in the 21st century isn't the answer but rather a threat.

5. Democratic State Assemblyman Albert Muratsuchi:

   I wanted to do something different and have California lead by example, while our nation's capital is hopelessly divided along party lines and President Trump is putting immigrant families and children in cages, the California Legislature with HR 77 will be issuing an official, bipartisan measure for its own actions taken that led to the incarceration of over 120,000 loyal Americans of Japanese ancestry behind barbed wire.

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