All restless synonyms
restΒ·less
R r adjective restless
- malcontented β Malcontent.
- agitable β easily agitated or moved
- overanxious β excessively anxious.
- fractious β refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- agitated β If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- insomniac β a person who suffers from insomnia, the inability, especially when chronic, to obtain sufficient sleep, through difficulty in falling or staying asleep: Her husband, an insomniac, had at last fallen asleep at the computer, head resting on the keyboard.
- insomnious β (archaic) restless; sleepless.
- wrecker β a person or thing that wrecks.
- fidgeting β to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
- exertive β Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.
- nutsy β nutty (defs 3, 4).
- obsessive β being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness.
- fretful β disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.
- warmblooded β Alternative spelling of warm-blooded.
- queasy β inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- wakeful β unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful.
- alarmable β able or prone to be alarmed or disturbed
- wired β made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires.
- delirious β Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever.
- hyperactive β unusually or abnormally active: a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
adj restless
- active β Someone who is active moves around a lot or does a lot of things.
- discontented β not content; dissatisfied; discontented.
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- hot-headed β hot or fiery in spirit or temper; impetuous; rash: Hotheaded people shouldn't drive cars.
- butterflies β tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
- fevered β an abnormal condition of the body, characterized by undue rise in temperature, quickening of the pulse, and disturbance of various body functions.
- in play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- feverish β having fever.
- busy β A busy time is a period of time during which you have a lot of things to do.
- busy as a beaver β (simile) Very busy.
- in state β to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- ill at ease β of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
- in a state β distraught
- appetent β having an eager longing or desire
- at work β If someone is at work they are doing their job or are busy doing a particular activity.
- hyper β overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- edgy β nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- high-strung β at great tension; highly excitable or nervous; edgy: high-strung nerves; a high-strung person.
- impatient β not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- fidgety β restless; impatient; uneasy.
- bilious β If someone describes the appearance of something as bilious, they mean that they think it looks unpleasant and rather disgusting.
- changeable β Someone or something that is changeable is likely to change many times.
- fitful β coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly.
- antsy β If someone is antsy, they are nervous or impatient.
- bundle of nerves β a very nervous person
- herky-jerky β progressing in a fitfully jerky or irregular manner: a herky-jerky home movie shown on an old projector.
- changeful β often changing; inconstant; variable
- anxious β If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- eager β keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.