Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "wire" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

unwire unwire

Typical Location

baltimore maryland

Capable Of

short circuit transport electricity trip feet trip person

Derived Terms

American wire gauge Birmingham wire gauge Brussels wire ground C wire Dannert wire Fedwire French wire Israeli Wire K-wire Kirschner wire X-by-wire archwire barb wire barb-wire barbed wire behind the wire biwired biwiring bob wire bobbed wire body wire bridge wire by wire cheese wire chicken wire common wire concertina wire conducting wire contact wire crosswire down to the wire drive-by-wire enameled wire fence wire fencing wire firewire fly-by-wire fly-wire flywire fuse wire gate-to-wire get one's wires crossed go to the wire ground wire guidewire guy-wire hard-wire have one's wires crossed haywire high wire high-wire high-wire walker highwire highwire walker hot-wire interwire intrawire live wire live-wire low wire magnesium wire microguidewire microwire miswire mosquito wire mulga wire multiwire nanowire needle wire news wire newswire nonwireless office wire on the wire over-the-wire page wire pendulum wire piano wire pinion wire poultry wire pressure wire prewire priming wire private-wire house pull the wires razor wire razor-wired rewire ribbon wire slackwire slidewire smoothwire softwire spit and baling wire stair wire stair-wire structured wiring tickle the wire tie wire tightwire trawlwire tripwire under the wire underwire underwired unwire waiver wire wirable wire away wire bail wire bonder wire bridge wire broadcasting wire brush wire cartridge wire chamber wire clippers wire cloth wire connector wire copy wire cutter wire cutters wire edge wire entanglement wire fox terrier wire frame wire fraud wire fu wire gauze wire gun wire in wire into wire mattress wire netting wire nut wire off wire recorder wire rope wire rush wire service wire speed wire stem wire stripper wire tap wire to wire wire transfer wire wheel wire wool wire wrap wire-brush wire-dancer wire-dancing wire-edged wire-frame wire-guard wire-haired wire-heel wire-tap wire-to-wire wire-wove wireball wirebird wirebound wired wiredness wiredraw wiredrawer wireform wireframe wiregrass wirehair wirehaired wirehead wirehouse wirelength wireless wirelessly wirelessness wirelike wireline wiremaker wiremaking wireman wirephoto wirer wirerimmed wireroom wirescape wiresmith wiresome wiretap wiretapper wirewalker wirewalking wirewater wireweed wirework wireworker wireworm wiring wiring wiry word on the wire zip wire zip-wire

Context

billiards croquet scotland slang sports thieves slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accommodate adapt conductor draw equip fasten finish line finishing line fit fit out fix ligament message outfit secure string telecommunicate thread

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

baling wire barbed wire chicken wire earth wire earthing wire enameled wire enamelled wire fuse wire guy wire haywire jump wire live wire piano wire pull wire razor wire telegraph wire trawlwire trip wire tripwire woven wire

Type Of (IsA)

conductor cord like object cordlike artifact device finishing line ligament magazine non agentive artifact television show

Manner Of

equip fasten string

Part Of

electronic device

Related Terms

cable filament hawser

Related Terms

barbed bead bomb bomb connector cable casing coating communication communication method conducting conducting electricity conductor conduit connections connector copper copper string cord devise eavesdropping electric electric conduit electric string electrical electrical cable electrical conductor electrical connections electrical devise electrical equipment electrical necessity electricity equipment fasten fence filament for electricity hawser influence inside inside casing knitting needle long long skinny message metal metal string method money necessity network pickpocket puppet rope rubber rubber coating shot skinny small small thin snake snare string strings system telecommunication telecommunications telegram telegraph telephone telephone cord telephone string thin thin rope thread undercover wicket woman

Synonym Network

barbed wire cable conducting wire electrify score string telegram telegraph

Manner Variants (Troponyms)

rewire

Used For

conducting electricity fasten fastener shape

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.