What is another word for restless?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈɛstləs], [ ɹˈɛstləs], [ ɹ_ˈɛ_s_t_l_ə_s]
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Similar words for restless:
- active (adjective)
- changeable (adjective)
- discontent (adjective)
- excitable (adjective)
- fevered (adjective)
- fidgety (adjective)
- ill at ease (adjective)
- queasy (adjective)
- sensitive (adjective)
- transient (adjective)
- active, on the go (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- antsy (adjective)
- anxious (adjective)
- anxious, enthusiastic (adjective)
- busy (adjective)
- discontented (adjective)
- discontented/discontent (adjective)
- eager (adjective)
- edgy (adjective)
- excited, agitated (adjective)
- feverish (adjective)
- fitful (adjective)
- going (adjective)
- having movement (adjective)
- hectic (adjective)
- high-strung (adjective)
- ill (at ease) (adjective)
- impatient (adjective)
- impatient, nervous (adjective)
- jittery (adjective)
- jumpy (adjective)
- nervous (adjective)
- not content; moving about (adjective)
- not feeling well; not comfortable (adjective)
- on edge (adjective)
- rebellious (adjective)
- restive (adjective)
- stir-crazy (adjective)
- tense (adjective)
- tumultous/tumultuous (adjective)
- tumultuous (adjective)
- turbulent (adjective)
- twitchy (adjective)
- uncomfortable (adjective)
- uneasy (adjective)
- unhappy (adjective)
- unsettled (adjective)
- moving (noun)
Synonyms for Restless:
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adj.
• active • changeable- Permutable ,
- Transposable ,
- Vicissitudinous ,
- adaptable ,
- adjustable ,
- alterable ,
- changeable ,
- changeful ,
- commutative ,
- convertible ,
- ever-changing ,
- fickle ,
- flexible ,
- flighty ,
- fluid ,
- inconstant ,
- irresolute ,
- mercurial ,
- modifiable ,
- movable ,
- mutable ,
- precarious ,
- protean ,
- reformable ,
- reversible ,
- revocable ,
- shifting ,
- transformable ,
- transitional ,
- unsettled ,
- unstable ,
- unsteady ,
- vacillating ,
- variable ,
- varying ,
- versatile ,
- volatile ,
- wavering .
- anguished ,
- anxious ,
- bored ,
- cheerless ,
- cross ,
- despondent ,
- disapproving ,
- discomposed ,
- discontent ,
- disgruntled ,
- displeased ,
- disquieted ,
- dissatisfied ,
- dissident ,
- exasperated ,
- fed up ,
- frustrated ,
- gloomy ,
- irreconcilable ,
- irritated ,
- joyless ,
- malcontent ,
- miserable ,
- non-satisfied ,
- sour ,
- teed off ,
- ticked off ,
- uncomfortable ,
- uneasy ,
- ungratified ,
- unhappy ,
- wretched .
- Agitable ,
- Alarmable ,
- Hot-headed ,
- galvanic ,
- hottempered ,
- over-zealous ,
- short fused ,
- volcanic ,
- hysterical ,
- overzealous ,
- reckless ,
- temperamental .
- Flitting ,
- brief ,
- cursory ,
- ephemeral ,
- evanescent ,
- fading ,
- fleeting ,
- flickering ,
- impermanent ,
- instantaneous ,
- momentary ,
- mortal ,
- passing ,
- rootless ,
- short-lived ,
- short-term ,
- temporal ,
- temporary ,
- transient ,
- transitory .
- busy .
- Butterflies ,
- Hacked ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-tressed ,
- in a state ,
- in a tizzy ,
- in state ,
- in suspense ,
- in tizzy ,
- more bugged ,
- more butterflies ,
- more careful ,
- more choked ,
- more clutched ,
- more disquieted ,
- more dreading ,
- more hacked ,
- more hyper ,
- more nervous ,
- more spooked ,
- more unglued ,
- most bugged ,
- most butterflies ,
- most choked ,
- most clutched ,
- most disquieted ,
- most dreading ,
- most hacked ,
- most hyper ,
- most spooked ,
- most unglued ,
- over wrought ,
- over-wrought ,
- shot pieces ,
- shot to pieces ,
- strung out ,
- sweating bullets ,
- taut ,
- troubled ,
- un glued ,
- un quiet ,
- un quieter ,
- un quietest ,
- un-glued ,
- un-quiet ,
- un-quieter ,
- un-quietest ,
- unglued ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight ,
- worried sick ,
- wrecker ,
- wreckest .
- Malcontented ,
- dis affected ,
- dis content ,
- dis pleased ,
- dis-affected ,
- dis-content ,
- dis-pleased ,
- ex asperated ,
- ex-asperated ,
- kvetching ,
- more exasperated ,
- more griping ,
- more kvetching ,
- more malcontented ,
- more ungratified ,
- more vexed ,
- most discontented ,
- most exasperated ,
- most griping ,
- most kvetching ,
- most malcontented ,
- most ungratified ,
- most vexed ,
- un gratified ,
- un-gratified ,
- up set ,
- up-set .
- Thirsting ,
- de siring ,
- de-siring ,
- dying to ,
- hot to trot ,
- hot trot ,
- in tent ,
- more appetent ,
- more craving ,
- more eager ,
- more fervent ,
- more hankering ,
- more pining ,
- more self starting ,
- more self-starting ,
- more selfstarting ,
- more warmblooded ,
- more yearning ,
- most appetent ,
- most craving ,
- most fervid ,
- most hankering ,
- most pining ,
- most self starting ,
- most self-starting ,
- most selfstarting ,
- most warmblooded ,
- most yearning ,
- rarin go ,
- rarin to go ,
- rarin' go ,
- rarin' to go ,
- ready and willing ,
- ready willing ,
- self starting ,
- self-starting ,
- selfstarting ,
- thirsty ,
- vehement ,
- warmblooded .
- ex cited ,
- ex-cited ,
- keyed up ,
- more overstrung ,
- most overstrung ,
- over strung ,
- over-strung ,
- overstrung ,
- twitchy .
- bits and pieces ,
- bits pieces ,
- herky jerky ,
- herky-jerky ,
- herkyjerky ,
- more herky jerky ,
- more herky-jerky ,
- more herkyjerky ,
- more on again off again ,
- more on-again-off-again ,
- more spastic ,
- most herky jerky ,
- most herky-jerky ,
- most herkyjerky ,
- most on again off again ,
- most on-again-off-again ,
- most spastic ,
- on-again-off-again ,
- re current ,
- re-current ,
- spastic .
- dis ordered ,
- dis-ordered ,
- ex citing ,
- hassler ,
- hasslest ,
- hell broke loose ,
- jungler ,
- junglest ,
- more flurrying ,
- more flustering ,
- more madhouse ,
- more rip roaring ,
- more rip-roaring ,
- more riproaring ,
- more zoolike ,
- most flurrying ,
- most flustering ,
- most madhouse ,
- most rip roaring ,
- most rip-roaring ,
- most riproaring ,
- most zoolike ,
- nutsier ,
- nutsiest ,
- nutsy ,
- rip roaring ,
- rip-roaring ,
- riproaring ,
- zoolike .
- ill .
- having short fuse ,
- head long ,
- head-long ,
- headlong ,
- hot under collar ,
- more chafing ,
- more straining ,
- more unindulgent ,
- most chafing ,
- most straining ,
- most unindulgent ,
- racing motor ,
- racing one motor ,
- racing one's motor ,
- racing ones motor ,
- ripe ,
- un indulgent ,
- un-indulgent ,
- unforbearing ,
- unindulgent .
- agitated ,
- bundle of nerves ,
- bustling ,
- disturbed ,
- fidgeting ,
- footloose ,
- fretful ,
- hurried ,
- intermittent ,
- itchy ,
- nervous ,
- nomadic ,
- on edge ,
- perturbed ,
- roving ,
- spasmodic ,
- tossing and turning ,
- unpeaceful ,
- unquiet ,
- unruly ,
- worried .
- bundle nerves ,
- more overanxious ,
- more stressful ,
- more unnerved ,
- most overanxious ,
- most stressful ,
- most unnerved ,
- nerve racking ,
- nerveracking ,
- over anxious ,
- over-anxious ,
- overanxious ,
- stressful ,
- un nerved ,
- un-nerved ,
- unnerved .
- anarchistic ,
- dis loyal ,
- dis obedient ,
- dis orderly ,
- dis-loyal ,
- dis-obedient ,
- dis-orderly ,
- in corrigible ,
- in tractable ,
- in-corrigible ,
- in-tractable ,
- individualistic ,
- more anarchistic ,
- more attacking ,
- more insurrectionary ,
- more rioting ,
- more sabotaging ,
- most anarchistic ,
- most attacking ,
- most insurrectionary ,
- most rioting ,
- most sabotaging ,
- un-governable .
- Rowdydowdy ,
- more rowdydowdy ,
- more rumbunctious ,
- more termagant ,
- more tumultous ,
- most rowdydowdy ,
- most rumbunctious ,
- most termagant ,
- rumbunctious ,
- termagant ,
- tumultous ,
- un-restrained .
- Moiling ,
- Stormful ,
- howling ,
- in-clement ,
- more blustering ,
- more foaming ,
- more howling ,
- more moiling ,
- more ruffled ,
- more stormful ,
- more storming ,
- more swirling ,
- most blustering ,
- most foaming ,
- most howling ,
- most moiling ,
- most ruffled ,
- most stormful ,
- most storming ,
- most swirling ,
- stirred up ,
- tumultous tumultuous ,
- tumultous- tumultuous .
- dis composed ,
- dis-composed ,
- in pain ,
- more anguished ,
- more chafed ,
- more discomposed ,
- more galled ,
- more suffering ,
- more wracked ,
- most anguished ,
- most chafed ,
- most discomposed ,
- most galled ,
- most suffering ,
- most wracked ,
- pained ,
- un comfortable ,
- un-comfortable .
- all nerves ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis-mayed ,
- harassed ,
- in turmoil ,
- more dismayed ,
- more harassed ,
- more palpitant ,
- more tormented ,
- most dismayed ,
- most harassed ,
- most palpitant ,
- most tormented ,
- on qui vive ,
- on the qui vive ,
- palpitant ,
- pre carious ,
- pre-carious ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest ,
- un-easy .
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- tired .
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- tighten .
Other synonyms:
- Half-hearted ,
- apathetic ,
- blase ,
- desultory ,
- disenchanted ,
- disheartened ,
- dismissive ,
- dispirited ,
- faint-hearted ,
- incurious ,
- indifferent ,
- jaded ,
- listless ,
- stir-crazy ,
- underwhelmed ,
- unenthusiastic ,
- unimpressed ,
- uninterested ,
- wandering ,
- world-weary .
- flat .
- bloodless ,
- disinterested ,
- ho-hum ,
- leaden ,
- lukewarm ,
- patient ,
- rebellious ,
- tense ,
- tepid ,
- unconcerned ,
- uninspired ,
- uptight .
- clinical .
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How to use "Restless" in context?
The word "restless" has a general sense of "uneasy"; "irritable"; "worried"; "frustrated." It can also connote a sense of "having a powerful and persistent desire for change or excitement." In general usage, it can describe a feeling of agitation or unease.
In psychiatry and psychology, restless behaviour is an umbrella term that refers to any kind of fidgeting, pacing, and restlessness, which can be a sign of a mental disorder. When a person has a mental disorder, there is usually a specific trigger that induces the behaviour.
Paraphrases for Restless:
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Independent
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Adjective
disquieting, distressed, disturbed, disturbing, edgy, excited, insecure, jittery, rough, stormy, uncomfortable, unstable, volatile.
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Adjective
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- Synonyms:
- dominoes, dominos.