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live out |
live over |
live steam |
live through |
live up to |
live wire
| live with
| live-and-die
| live-bearer
| live-bearing
| live-forever
live wire
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun live wire has 1 sense
- live wire(n = noun.person) busy bee, eager beaver, sharpie, sharpy - an alert and energetic person; Array is a kind of actor, doer, worker
has particulars: goffer, gopher
THESAURUS
live wire
activist, ball of fire, beaver, big-time operator, bustler, busy bee, charge, doer, dynamo, eager beaver, electric charge, enthusiast, go-getter, human dynamo, hustler, man of action, man of deeds, militant, new broom, operator, peeler, political activist, powerhouse, rustler, self-starter, take-charge guy, unit quantity, wheeler-dealer, winnerROGET THESAURUS
live wire
Power
N power, potency, potentiality, jiva, puissance, might, force, energy, dint, right hand, right arm, ascendency, sway, control, prepotency, prepollence, almightiness, omnipotence, authority, strength, ability, ableness, competency, efficacy, efficiency, productivity, expertise (skill), validity, cogency, enablement, vantage ground, influence, pressure, conductivity, elasticity, gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism, atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power, fuel cell, hydraulic power, water power, hydroelectric power, solar power, solar energy, solar panels, tidal power, wind power, attraction, vis inertiae, vis mortua, vis viva, potential energy, dynamic energy, dynamic friction, dynamic suction, live circuit, live rail, live wire, capability, capacity, quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent, faculty, quality, attribute, endowment, virtue, gift, property, qualification, susceptibility, powerful, puissant, potential, capable, able, equal to, up to, cogent, valid, efficient, productive, effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent, multipotent, plenipotent, omnipotent, almighty, forcible, (energetic), influential, productive, powerfully, by virtue of, by dint of, a toute force, dos moi pou sto kai kino ten gen, eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis, fortis cadere cedere non potest.
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