Synonyms for fidget
ˈfɪdʒ ɪtfid·get

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1. fidget, fidgetiness, restlessnessverb

   a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion

   "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"

   Synonyms:
   uneasiness, fidgetiness, queasiness, impatience, restlessness

2. fidgetverb

   move restlessly

   "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"

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1. fidgetverb

   Synonyms:
   fret, chafe, worry, be uneasy, be restive, be impatient, worry one's self

2. fidgetnoun

   Synonyms:
   uneasiness, restlessness, impatience, fidgetiness

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1. Elaine Taylor-Klaus:

   For some people [with ADHD], there's a need for constant stimulation, what a fidget allows some people -- not all people -- with ADHD to do is to focus their attention on what they want to focus on, because there's sort of a background motion that's occupying that need.

2. Elaine Taylor-Klaus:

   There are definitely times that kids don't know how to use a fidget and it becomes the primary focus instead of the background focus.

3. Elaine Taylor-Klaus:

   A doctor won't prescribe a fidget.

4. James Levine:

   The fidget itself is actually a reflection of the brain sending out a signal to get moving, if you can get out and walk around you do that, but if you are stuck behind a desk with a pile of work to do then you just make all the little movements you can.

5. Alison McManus:

   We always have this idea that kids fidget (but) they are very good at sitting still.