Synonyms of live wire

live wire

noun

1

as in pistol

a very energetic person

the babysitter will have her hands full with those two little live wires

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pistol
• dynamo
• powerhouse
• fireball
• achiever
• comer
• go-ahead
• hustler
• highflyer
• doer
• enterpriser
• bootstrapper
• self-starter
• hummer
• highflier
• go-getter
• dasher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loafer
• idler
• trifler
• couch potato
• lounger
• dawdler
• shirker
• slacker
• drone
• do-nothing
• slug
• slouch
• goldbrick
• deadbeat
• sluggard
• clock-watcher
• layabout
• laggard
• lazybones
• loiterer
• lingerer
• slowpoke
• slugabed
• dallier
• stick-in-the-mud

2

as in powerhouse

an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired

that new reporter on the police beat is a real live wire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• powerhouse
• eager beaver
• go-ahead
• hustler
• highflyer
• self-starter
• hummer
• bootstrapper
• achiever
• highflier
• go-getter
• doer
• enterpriser
• comer
• individualist
• he-man

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loafer
• idler
• trifler
• drone
• putterer
• shirker
• lounger
• dawdler
• slacker
• procrastinator
• goldbrick
• malingerer
• sluggard
• laggard
• loiterer
• lazybones
• lingerer
• dreamer
• slowpoke
• dropout
• dallier
• neglecter
• daydreamer
• quitter
• stick-in-the-mud
• ignorer
• ne'er-do-well

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of live wire

More than a dozen children were rescued from a school bus that became trapped under live wires in Haddam on Wednesday. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024

Harmony, for all her accomplishments, is a live wire and a threat. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025

And then, there were these live wires from all the cables on the ground. —Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025

Alcazar is a live wire who gives the production its energy. —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025