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- pronunciation:
- res
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
displaying an inability to rest.
- synonyms:
- agitated, upset
- similar words:
- active, disturbed, excited, tense, uneasy, wakeful, wired
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| definition 2: |
unable to relax, slow down, or remain quiet.
The children were restless after many hours in the car.- synonyms:
- disturbed, restive, uneasy, unquiet
- similar words:
- anxious, apprehensive, discontent, edgy, fidgety, fretful, ill at ease, jittery, jumpy, nervous, skittish, unsettled
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| definition 3: |
in constant motion, as a natural phenomenon.
the restless wind- synonyms:
- continual, continuous, incessant, moving, unceasing
- similar words:
- active, itinerant, migrant, migratory, peripatetic, roaming, roving, transient, traveling, turning, unsettled, wandering
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| definition 4: |
affording no rest.
a restless night in bed- synonyms:
- sleepless, wakeful
- antonyms:
- restful
- similar words:
- awake, disturbed, insomniac, uneasy, unrestful
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| definition 5: |
increasingly active or stimulated to action.
The Third World is restless for change.- synonyms:
- active, agitated, excited, seething, stimulated
- similar words:
- alarmed, disquieted, jumpy, nervous, upset, wrought-up
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| related words: |
high-strung, mobile, turbulent, unsound |
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| derivations: |
restlessly (adv.), restlessness (n.) |
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