Fidgeting

Synonyms for "fidgeting" (34 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Noun(7 words)

agitatedanxiety indicatoranxiousdanish rastløsedgy fiddle fidget

Strong matches (10)

Noun(6 words)

fidgets fidgety manipulate nervous nervousness restless

fluttery jittery jumpy quivering

Related words (17)

Noun(11 words)

restlessnessrestlessness cuesquirmsugar rushtinker tossing twiddle twiddles twiddling twitchy unrest

shaking shaky shivering shivery trembling tremulous

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

action verbbehaviorbehavioral descriptordescriptive attributeemotional descriptorhand movementmanipulationmanual actionmotion movementnonverbal cue

More specific

14 entries

anxious edgy fiddlefoot shakefoot tappinghand fiddlinghand tremorrestive tap tinker twiddle twitch twitchy wiggle

Collocations

15 entries

chronic fidgetingclassroom fidgetingexcessive fidgetingfidgeting behaviorfidgeting cuefidgeting during lecturefidgeting during lecturesfidgeting episodefidgeting habitfidgeting handsfidgeting legsfidgeting patternfidgeting with penfoot tappinghand fidgeting

Inflections

5 entries

fidgeted fidgetings fidgetsmore fidgetymost fidgety

Derivations

5 entries

fidget fidgeter fidgetiness fidgetingly fidgety

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She is in the habit of fidgeting in the presence of others.

Source: tatoeba (315261)

"What's up? Fidgeting around in front of the house." "Um ... I was waiting for you to come back."

Source: tatoeba (328120)

"What's up? Fidgeting like that" "Er, well, it looks like the elastic's gone in my pants."

Source: tatoeba (328633)

Can you stop fidgeting?

Source: tatoeba (6466733)

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