What are some alternative words for haywire?
Synonyms for haywire
ˈheɪˌwaɪər
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Princeton's WordNet
haywire(adj)
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, whacky(adj)
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
"it used to drive my husband balmy"
Synonyms:
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, whackyAntonyms:
functioning, saneamiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)(adj)
not functioning properly
"something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
Antonyms:
sane, functioning
Wiktionary
haywire(noun)
Synonyms:
baler twinehaywire(noun)
Wire used to bind bales of hay.
Synonyms:
baler twine
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #2028 | wild | |
| #2052 | soft | |
| #3304 | crazy | |
| #6666 | nuts | |
| #8155 | silly | |
| #8164 | mild | |
| #13415 | bats | |
| #14139 | cracked | |
| #17771 | buggy | |
| #18309 | wacky | |
| #18927 | crackers | |
| #22128 | loco | |
| #23798 | goofy | |
| #24042 | daft | |
| #24990 | fruity | |
| #32794 | nutty | |
| #43870 | batty | |
| #48509 | zany | |
| #51175 | loony | |
| #57295 | loopy | |
| #61286 | bonkers | |
| #61305 | dotty | |
| #61739 | gaga | |
| #64148 | sappy | |
| #65132 | balmy | |
| #65275 | zesty | |
| #78025 | kooky | |
| #84964 | haywire | |
| #85530 | chapped | |
| #100794 | whacky | |
| #117181 | barmy | |
| #154049 | roughened | |
| #184596 | yeasty | |
| #210138 | kookie | |
| #214270 | cockamamie |
How to use haywire in a sentence?
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.
They have put the same number of people in fewer airplanes, anytime the system ramps up, it goes haywire.
Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke:
Mohammad Zargham plan went haywire because people fought back.
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