Wire Synonyms and Antonyms

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A metal strand
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cable
  2. coil
  3. line
  4. electric wire
  5. aerial
  6. circuit
  7. wiring
  8. live wire
  9. conductor
  10. filament
  11. musical string
  12. wire tape
  13. wire cord
  14. to the very end
  15. to the bitter end
  16. conducting-wire
  17. at the last
  18. eventually
  19. just make it
  20. succeed
  21. message
  22. just squeak through
  23. exert influence
  24. go to the right people
  25. strand
  26. use pull
  27. telegram
  28. telegraph
  29. thread
A metal net
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. barbed-wire
  2. wire fence
  3. chicken-wire
  4. wirework
  5. wire cage
  6. wire basket
  7. wire-cloth
  8. wire entanglement
*A telegraphic message
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. telegram
  2. cablegram
  3. message
  4. night message
  5. night-letter
  6. code message
To install wire
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. electrify
  2. set up a circuit
  3. install electricity
  4. lay wires
  5. connect electric cables
  6. prepare for electrical service
  7. pipe
  8. tie on the spiders
Antonyms:
  1. unwire
*To send a message by wire
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. telegraph
  2. flash
  3. cable
  4. file

Words Related to Wire

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Wire Sentence Examples

  • The coils are wound with copper wire (covered with silk), 10 mils.

  • It's so much more effective than rope, or wire, or chains.

  • For a wire exposed under the conditions observed by Elster and Geitel the emanation seems to be almost entirely derived from radium.

  • The description of that vehicle is plastered at every toll booth, state police barracks and wire service from here to California and back.

  • Thus, if the star's image is kept in bisection by the wire, both star and wire will appear at rest in the field of view.

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