Synonyms for restlessness
rest·less·ness

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1. restlessness

   Synonyms:
   agitation, commotion, disquiet, disturbance, excitement, motion, movement, rush, stir, strain, toil, tumult, unrest, work

   Antonyms:
   calm, calmness, cessation, ease, intermission, pause, peace, peacefulness, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, recreation, repose, rest, sleep, slumber, stay, stillness, stop, tranquillity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. restlessnessnoun

   the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active

   "the restlessness of the wind"

   Synonyms:
   uneasiness, fidgetiness, fidget, queasiness, impatience

2. restlessness, impatiencenoun

   a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

   Synonyms:
   uneasiness, fidgetiness, fidget, queasiness, impatience

3. fidget, fidgetiness, restlessnessnoun

   a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion

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

   Synonyms:
   uneasiness, fidgetiness, fidget, queasiness, impatience

4. restlessness, uneasiness, queasinessnoun

   inability to rest or relax or be still

   Synonyms:
   self-consciousness, uncomfortableness, inquietude, qualm, fidgetiness, disquiet, malaise, disquietude, queasiness, edginess, unease, uneasiness, squeamishness, impatience, fidget

Matched Categories

1. • Agitation
   • Irritation
   • Mobility
   • Nervousness

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1. restlessnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   restiveness, the fidgets, uneasiness, agitation, turbulence, dysphoria

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1. List of paraphrases for "restlessness":

   agitation, unrest, commotion, shaking, turmoil, excitement

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How to use restlessness in a sentence?

1. Mrs. Ruthellen Josselson:

   I understand that universities, archives and historical societies are rushing to collect and curate the personal accounts of how ordinary people are experiencing this growing public health crisis. but what I can see from the early submissions are plotless descriptions of emotions, fear, sadness, anger and restlessness as well as moments of joy and hope.

2. Julia Coronado:

   That’s causing a lot of sort of restlessness with what is the Fed doing to address some of the big issues of our day, which includes inequality and disparities in labor market outcomes and wealth distributions.

3. Thomas Alva Edison:

   Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

4. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   It is the common failing of totalitarian regimes that they cannot really understand the nature of our democracy. They mistake dissent for disloyalty. They mistake restlessness for a rejection of policy. They mistake a few committees for a country. They misjudge individual speeches for public policy. (Answering North Vietnamese charge that US could not endure)

5. Mother Teresa:

   We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature--trees, flowers, grass--grows in silence see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls.