Synonyms for Restless

Synonyms for "restless" (208 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Adjective(5 words)

adrift afloat agitated alternating amorphous antsy antsy-pantsy anxious apprehensive beefing bellyaching bitching breathless bustling capricious chafing changeable changeful complaining complaintful

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crabbing crabby cranky croaking desultory deviable disappointed discomposed discontented disgruntled displeased disquieted dissatisfied disturbed dizzy

Noun(2 words)

child hyperactivitydiscontent

Strong matches (62)

Adjective(5 words)

drifter eager fretful hyperactive impatient

eager eccentric edge edgy envious erratic excitable excitedfast and loosefaultfinding feverish fickle fidgety fitful flickering flighty flitting fluctuating flurried flustered

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fluttering fluttery freakish fretful fretting fussing fussy giddy griping grouchy grousing growling grumbling hasty high-strunghopped uphopped-up hyper impatient impetuous impulsivein a latherin a stewin a sweatinconsistent inconstant indecisive infirm insomniac insomnious intermittent irregular irresolute irresponsible itchy

Noun(2 words)

fidgetinggerman ruhelos

Related words (104)

Adjective(11 words)

itchy jitteriermobile populationsquirmier ungratified unsated unsatisfied unsettledunsettled personwandererwandering class

jittery jumpy malcontent malcontented mazy mercurial moody murmuring muttering nervous nervyon edgeon tenterhooksout of humorpeevish perturbed petulant querulant querulous rambling

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Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

behavioral descriptoremotional statepersonpopulation group

More specific

10 entries

active edgy energetic fidgety hyperactive jittery migrants nomad nomads vagrant

Collocations

9 entries

restless crowdrestless energyrestless legsrestless legs syndromerestless mindrestless moodrestless nightrestless sleeprestless youth

Inflections

2 entries

more restlessmost restless

Derivations

2 entries

restlessly restlessness

Antonyms

1 entries

restful

similar

4 entries

discontent discontented moving tense

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In the greatest of all works of art everything had been realized, I could give nothing, and my restless mind tired of passive contemplation.

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She felt restless all day long.

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She was restless because she did not have anything to do.

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I feel restless when I have to wait too long for my friend to show up.

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Restless