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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1. 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.

2. Saint Augustine, The Confessions. Book 1. (The Harvard Classics. 1909–14, p.1):

   ...Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.

3. Zayd Atkinson:

   My life right now is kind of restless, unsettled.

4. Comedian Jon Stewart:

   This show doesn't deserve an even slightly restless host and neither do you.

5. Samuel Hoffenstein:

   When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, wretched, bored, dejected only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.