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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.
Synonyms:
antsyrestlessadjective
Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
Synonyms:
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
Synonyms:
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
Synonyms:
unquiet, uneasy, disquieted, disturbed, agitated, anxious, restiverestlessadjective
Synonyms:
unsteady, inconstant, changeable, unstable, unsettled, vacillating, ficklerestlessadjective
Synonyms:
roving, wandering, in motion, on the move
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #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?
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.
This show doesn't deserve an even slightly restless host and neither do you.
Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side by side; Toiler, idler, slave and master, in the same quick current glide.
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.
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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