Definition for Haywire:

• not functioning properly; " something is amiss"; " has gone completely haywire"; " the telephone is out of order"; " what's the matter with your vacuum cleaner?"; " something is wrong with the engine"

Synonyms for Haywire:

• adj.

  •amiss (adjective)
  • awry,
  • fallacious,
  • inaccurate,
  • erroneous,
  • inappropriate,
  • imperfect,
  • faulty,
  • sick,
  • unlawful,
  • incorrect,
  • foul,
  • crooked,
  • erring,
  • mistaken,
  • false,
  • bad,
  • untoward,
  • unfair,
  • improper,
  • haywire,
  • unsuitable.
  •broken (adjective)
  • out,
  • weak,
  • spent,
  • exhausted,
  • down,
  • wrecked,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • gone,
  • out of commission,
  • shot,
  • busted,
  • wracked,
  • ruined,
  • screwed up,
  • on the shelf,
  • feeble,
  • disabled,
  • in need of repair,
  • run-down,
  • on the fritz,
  • coming unglued,
  • kaput.
  •confused (adjective)
  • miscellaneous,
  • jumbled,
  • disarranged,
  • snarled,
  • Obscured,
  • topsy-turvy,
  • miscalculated,
  • higgledy-piggledy,
  • in a muddle,
  • topsyturvy,
  • unsettled,
  • in disarray,
  • disorderly,
  • anarchic,
  • misunderstood,
  • untidy,
  • snafu,
  • involved,
  • blurred.
  •flaky (adjective)
  • unconventional,
  • queer,
  • goofy,
  • flaky,
  • screwy,
  • Half-cracked,
  • crazy,
  • Birdy,
  • nutty,
  • peculiar,
  • odd.
  •haywire (adjective)
  • disordered,
  • out to lunch,
  • schizo,
  • psycho,
  • insane,
  • chaotic,
  • in pieces,
  • unbalanced,
  • in a mess,
  • disorganized,
  • erratic,
  • Orderless,
  • amok,
  • screwball,
  • unhinged,
  • berserk,
  • nuts,
  • unglued,
  • defective,
  • messy,
  • mad,
  • crazed,
  • wacky,
  • Flipped.
  •higgledy-piggledy (adjective)
  • top.
  •out of order (adjective)
  • out order.
  •overturned (adjective)
  • over turned,
  • over-turned.
  •upside-down (adjective)
  • helter-skelter,
  • mixed-up,
  • tangled,
  • backward,
  • reversed.

• n.

  •around the bend (noun)
  • around the bend.
  •balmy (noun)
  • balmy.
  •barmy (noun)
  • barmy.
  •bats (noun)
  • bats.
  •batty (noun)
  • batty.
  •bonkers (noun)
  • bonkers.
  •buggy (noun)
  • buggy.
  •cracked (noun)
  • cracked.
  •crackers (noun)
  • crackers.
  •daft (noun)
  • daft.
  •dotty (noun)
  • dotty.
  •fruity (noun)
  • fruity.
  •haywire (noun)
  • loony,
  • loco,
  • wrong,
  • nonfunctional,
  • kooky,
  • the matter,
  • loopy,
  • whacky,
  • kookie,
  • round the bend.

• Other synonyms:

  •aroused
  • excited.

Antonyms for Haywire:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    judicious, well-adjusted, lucid, rational, sound, wise, sensible, functioning, healthy, reasonable, sane, balanced, unneurotic, clear, normal.

Hyponym for Haywire:

• n.

  • artifact
    wire.