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)
  • odd,
  • goofy*,
  • goofy,
  • peculiar,
  • queer,
  • unconventional,
  • flaky,
  • crazy,
  • Birdy,
  • Half-cracked,
  • nutty,
  • screwy.
  •haywire (adjective)
  • schizo,
  • defective,
  • nuts,
  • erratic,
  • out to lunch,
  • crazed,
  • in a mess,
  • bonkers*,
  • messy,
  • mad,
  • Orderless,
  • unbalanced,
  • Flipped,
  • unglued,
  • in pieces,
  • psycho,
  • berserk,
  • disorganized,
  • chaotic,
  • disordered,
  • touched*,
  • unhinged,
  • screwball,
  • insane,
  • wacky,
  • amok.
  •higgledy-piggledy (adjective)
  • top.
  •inverted (adjective)
  • up set,
  • up-set,
  • up-turned,
  • up turned.
  •on the blink (adjective)
  • kerflooey.
  •on the fritz (adjective)
  • on the bum.
  •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.
  •Other relevant words:
  • easy,
  • beany,
  • in disorder,
  • foolish,
  • roughened,
  • out of place,
  • perplexed,
  • crackbrained,
  • chapped,
  • meshuga,
  • deranged,
  • roily,
  • certifiable,
  • maniacal,
  • fatuous,
  • dippy,
  • in love,
  • untimely,
  • infatuated,
  • yeasty,
  • out of control,
  • misplaced,
  • ridiculous,
  • fastener,
  • turbid,
  • zany,
  • askew,
  • potty,
  • psychotic,
  • inefficient,
  • enamored,
  • discomfited,
  • silly,
  • bust,
  • zestful,
  • disorganised,
  • lopsided,
  • Corybantic,
  • zesty,
  • Shuffled,
  • out of gear,
  • sappy,
  • nobody home,
  • order,
  • mild,
  • upset,
  • undue,
  • soft,
  • bugs,
  • nutlike,
  • brainsick,
  • cockamamy,
  • slaphappy,
  • crackled,
  • muddled,
  • inoperative,
  • button,
  • out of joint,
  • Convulsed,
  • non-functional,
  • childish,
  • lenient,
  • off the track,
  • cockeyed,
  • benign,
  • unfaithful,
  • bedlam,
  • wonky,
  • alligatored,
  • out of condition,
  • screwballs,
  • unreasonable,
  • unseasonable,
  • disconcerted,
  • cockamamie,
  • undesirable,
  • mental,
  • immoderate,
  • broken-down,
  • scatty,
  • matter,
  • untrue,
  • moonstruck,
  • crackpot,
  • dislocated,
  • turbulent,
  • ill timed,
  • cranky,
  • demented,
  • badly timed,
  • lunatic,
  • WUD,
  • cuckoo,
  • psychopathic,
  • touched,
  • Luny,
  • Daffy,
  • unsound,
  • girth,
  • premature,
  • discomposed,
  • wild,
  • extravagant,
  • gaga,
  • bughouse,
  • disturbed,
  • off one's rocker,
  • bananas,
  • freaked-out,
  • non-functioning,
  • wacko,
  • excessive,
  • distraught,
  • upside down,
  • kablooie,
  • absurd,
  • perturbed,
  • lacing.

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.