| Main Entry: | wired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | connected |
Synonyms: |
cabled, circuited, hooked up, lined |
| Main Entry: | wired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bugged |
Synonyms: |
miked, tapped |
| Main Entry: | wired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited |
Synonyms: |
edgy, jazzed, pumped-up, stimulated, stoked* |
| Main Entry: | wired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | equipped with wires |
Synonyms: |
bound, cabled, connected, equipped, excited, sent, stimulated |
Antonyms: |
unwired |
| Main Entry: | alert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attentive, lively |
Synonyms: |
active, all ears, bright, cagey, careful, circumspect, clever, fast on the draw, good hands, heads up, heedful, hip, intelligent, jazzed, observant, on guard, on one's toes, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, perceptive, psyched up, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, switched on, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired, wise, with it |
Antonyms: |
asleep, drowsy, inattentive, lethargic, sluggish, unobservant, weary |
| Main Entry: | anxious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried, tense |
Synonyms: |
afraid, aghast, antsy*, apprehensive, basket case, bugged, butterflies, careful, choked, clutched, concerned, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, dreading, fearful, fidgety, fretful, hacked, hyper, in a state, in a tizzy, in suspense, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, overwrought, restless, scared, shaking, shaky, shivery, shook up, shot to pieces, solicitous, spooked, strung out, sweating bullets, taut, troubled, uneasy, unglued, unquiet, uptight*, watchful, wired, worried sick, wreck* |
Antonyms: |
assured, calm, content, cool, happy, indifferent, peaceful, tranqil, unconcerned, unworried |
| Main Entry: | communicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mutually exchange information |
Synonyms: |
answer, associate with, be close to, be in touch, be near, buzz, cable, chat, commune with, confabulate, confer, converse, correspond, discourse, drop a line, drop a note, establish contact, get on the horn, give a call, give a ring, have confidence of, hear from, reach, reply, talk, telephone, wire, write |
| Main Entry: | connive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot, scheme |
Synonyms: |
angle, be in cahoots with, cabal, cogitate, collude, conspire, contrive, cook up, devise, diddle, finagle, frame, frame up, intrigue, machinate, operate, promote, wangle, wire, work hand in glove |
| Notes: | one connives at something but conspires with somebody |
| Main Entry: | conspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot, scheme with someone |
Synonyms: |
be in cahoots, cabal, cogitate, collogue, collude, confederate, connive, contrive, cook up, cooperate, devise, get in bed with, hatch, intrigue, machinate, maneuver, operate, promote, put out a contract, wangle, wire, work something out |
| Main Entry: | distressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset |
Synonyms: |
afflicted, agitated, all torn up, antsy, anxious, basket case, bothered, bugged, bummed out, bundle of nerves, concerned, cut up, discombobulated*, disconsolate, distracted, distrait, distraught, dragged, exercised, fidgety, harassed, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, inconsolable, jittery, jumpy, miffed, peeved, perturbed, ripped, saddened, shaky, shook, shook up, shot down, spooked, strung out, tormented, troubled, unconsolable, unglued, up the wall, uptight*, wired, worried, wrecked, wretched |
Antonyms: |
calm, collected, comforted, glad, happy, joyful |