Synonyms for restless
ˈrɛst lɪsrest·less

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1. restlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   antsy

2. restlessadjective

   Not allowing or affording rest.

   The night before his wedding was a restless one.

   Synonyms:
   antsy

3. restlessadjective

   Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.

   Synonyms:
   antsy

4. restlessadjective

   Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.

   A restless ambition.

   Synonyms:
   antsy

5. restlessadjective

   Deprived of rest or sleep.

   They remained restless, sitting by the window the entire night.

   Synonyms:
   antsy

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1. restless

   Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.

   Synonyms:
   active, agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, ready, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awake

   Antonyms:
   dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupid

   Preposition:
   Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.

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1. restless

   Synonyms:
   unquiet, uneasy, disturbed, sleepless, agitated, roving, incessant, tossing

   Antonyms:
   calm, quiet, reposing, still, motionless

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1. restless, ungratified, unsatisfiedadjective

   worried and uneasy

   Synonyms:
   uneasy, ungratified, unsated, unsatiated, unsatisfied

   Antonyms:
   slumberous, slumbrous, contented, relaxing, reposeful, unmoving, nonmoving, content, restful

2. restlessadjective

   ceaselessly in motion

   "the restless sea"; "the restless wind"

   Synonyms:
   uneasy, ungratified, unsatisfied

   Antonyms:
   restful, contented, slumberous, slumbrous, content, unmoving, reposeful, nonmoving, relaxing

3. restless, uneasyadjective

   lacking or not affording physical or mental rest

   "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep"

   Synonyms:
   unquiet, uneasy, nervous, ill at ease(p), unsatisfied, queasy, awkward, ungratified, anxious

   Antonyms:
   nonmoving, content, unmoving, relaxing, slumbrous, reposeful, contented, restful, slumberous

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1. restlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   unquiet, uneasy, disquieted, disturbed, agitated, anxious, restive

2. restlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   unsteady, inconstant, changeable, unstable, unsettled, vacillating, fickle

3. restlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   roving, wandering, in motion, on the move

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1. restlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   restive, fidgety, agitated, unquiet, uneasy, kicksy-wicksy

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1. List of paraphrases for "restless":

   agitated, flustered, insatiable, turbulent, nervous, troubled

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How to use restless in a sentence?

1. Alexis karpouzos:

   When are we gonna talk about the unspoken? Behind of the words a silent ocean of desires and a coiled knowledge lies in wait, listen a restless voice in our heart endlessly urging us onward to break the limits of fear and to embrace of our longing. Unspoken is whatever we have not desired with all our heart

2. Anthon St Maarten:

   Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying our future happiness as we blindly rush in where angels fear to tread. In these out-of-control moments, we bulldoze through the best possible outcomes for our lives, only to return to the scene of the crime later to cry over spilt milk.

3. Natalie Dautovich:

   We know that consuming alcohol within two to three hours of bedtime can actually have an adverse effect on sleep, a rebound effect that causes people to wake up and have restless sleep.

4. Audrey Wendt:

   There's a period of time when patients often get really restless. It's horrible to see, the body knows something is very wrong. It's trying to compensate, but it just can't.

5. Nicholas Alahverdian:

   Perpetually restless, Thomas Wolfe was “without a home — a vagabond since [he] was seven” and seeking out where he belonged physically (i.e. in Asheville, his home or Harvard) as well as intellectually. This concept that he was indeed without a father led him to gain greater understanding, eventually realizing that his search for a patriarch was not merely a “father in the flesh,” but a substitution for God, a guiding light, and an alluring source of inspiration.