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. Gretchen Whitmer:

   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.

2. Ered Lithui:

   Instead it is possible that volcanoes have continued to sprout or new ones formed long after the original foundation, our restless Earth is never still.

3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   **(C)(P) LISTEN! ONE COULD SAY THAT THERE IS REALLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH AMERICA. I HAD ASKED SOME AMERICANS WHY THEY HAVE TO LEAVE AMERICA TO GO SOME PLACE ON-VACATION- TO GET SOME REST? I KEEP GETTING SO MANY DIFFERENT, UNFULFILLED ANSWERS-WHICH STILL AMAZES ME, BUT DON'T BLAME IT ON THE ITINERANT UNFULLFILLED RESTLESS SPIRIT OF HUMANS. IT IS MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT. WHAT SAY YOU? AMERICA! STILL TRYING TO FIND ITSELF.

4. 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.

5. Pina LoGiudice:

   The first thing is definitely magnesium. That will actually help with restless leg syndrome or if you have any low back cramping, calcium is quite wonderful because ... your body will cause more aches and pains because you're trying to build your baby, and so you yourself become deficient. Acupuncture is phenomenal and safe for those low back pains or sciatica or that neck stiffness.