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Synonyms for restless
ˈrɛst lɪsrest·less
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Wiktionary
restlessadjective
Synonyms:
antsyrestlessadjective
Not allowing or affording rest.
The night before his wedding was a restless one.
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antsyrestlessadjective
Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
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antsyrestlessadjective
Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
A restless ambition.
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antsyrestlessadjective
Deprived of rest or sleep.
They remained restless, sitting by the window the entire night.
Synonyms:
antsy
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 awakeAntonyms:
dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupidPreposition:
Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
restless, ungratified, unsatisfiedadjective
worried and uneasy
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uneasy, ungratified, unsated, unsatiated, unsatisfiedAntonyms:
slumberous, slumbrous, contented, relaxing, reposeful, unmoving, nonmoving, content, restfulrestlessadjective
ceaselessly in motion
"the restless sea"; "the restless wind"
Synonyms:
uneasy, ungratified, unsatisfiedAntonyms:
restful, contented, slumberous, slumbrous, content, unmoving, reposeful, nonmoving, relaxingrestless, 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, anxiousAntonyms:
nonmoving, content, unmoving, relaxing, slumbrous, reposeful, contented, restful, slumberous
Dictionary of English Synonymes
restlessadjective
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unquiet, uneasy, disquieted, disturbed, agitated, anxious, restiverestlessadjective
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unsteady, inconstant, changeable, unstable, unsettled, vacillating, ficklerestlessadjective
Synonyms:
roving, wandering, in motion, on the move
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#534 | mobile | |
#934 | quick | |
#954 | active | |
#1292 | ready | |
#2450 | alert | |
#4087 | busy | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#7366 | nervous | |
#7759 | disturbed | |
#11950 | troubled | |
#12285 | lively | |
#13864 | anxious | |
#14373 | energetic | |
#17452 | awkward | |
#18495 | restless | |
#18644 | agile | |
#19156 | vigorous | |
#20272 | turbulent | |
#27699 | uneasy | |
#29032 | tossing | |
#29634 | supple | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#30597 | diligent | |
#31151 | bustling | |
#32567 | roving | |
#33301 | sleepless | |
#37078 | agitated | |
#40136 | insatiable | |
#41881 | unsatisfied | |
#44422 | nimble | |
#44884 | expeditious | |
#45570 | incessant | |
#52872 | industrious | |
#64017 | spry | |
#84744 | flustered | |
#86575 | queasy | |
#91697 | sprightly | |
#110941 | antsy | |
#116743 | unquiet | |
#131319 | officious |
How to use restless in a sentence?
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.
I know that some people are angry and I know many are feeling restless. I know that people are itching to get back to work, i get it, and I respect it. And it's okay to feel that way. ... Unfortunately, the only way we can get through this and take the next steps forward, is if we all continue to do our part.
When you go into a hospital or a health care setting, sometimes there's a lot of noise and chaos. When our patients come in, we provide them with noise-canceling headphones, little fidgets, if they get a little restless or anxious... and special seating, to help prevent them from being overwhelmed by the sensory situation around them, we're really providing autism-friendly health care.
( I) feel partly relieved to be on a new plane, but the crew is still loading bags and preparing the aircraft, so not certain when we'll actually take off, it's nearing 24 hours since we originally took off from Newark, so we're all feeling restless and frustrated. I'm just ready to be off the plane and finished with this experience.
The teacher's task is not to implant facts but to place the subject to be learned in front of the learner and, through sympathy, emotion, imagination and patience, to awaken in the learner the restless drive for answers and insights which enlarge the personal life and give it meaning.
Translations for restless
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- desvetllat, inquiet, intranquilCatalan, Valencian
- neklidnýCzech
- rastlos, ruhelos, unruhigGerman
- ανήσυχοςGreek
- inquietoSpanish
- levoton, unetonFinnish
- inquietFrench
- an-fhoiseil, mì-shuaimhneach, siùbhlachScottish Gaelic
- बेचैन होनाHindi
- nyughatatlanHungarian
- irrequietoItalian
- profugusLatin
- toropuku, tūrama, whakariuka, tāwheta, kanae, tūramarama, taoi, titoroMāori
- rusteloosDutch
- rastløsNorwegian
- niespokojny, niezaspokojonyPolish
- agitată, agitat, neliniștitRomanian
- беспоко́йный, неугомо́нный, трево́жныйRussian
- rastlösSwedish
- huzursuzTurkish
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