ants

NOUN

inquietude

Synonyms

STRONG

activity agitation ailment anxiety bustle disquiet disquietude disturbance edginess excitability ferment fitfulness fretfulness hurry inconstancy insomnia instability jitters jumpiness movement nervousness restiveness transience turbulence turmoil unease uneasiness unrest

WEAK

antsiness unsettledness worriedness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm calmness collectedness ease happiness harmony inactivity laziness order peace rest tranquility

NOUN

restiveness

Synonyms

STRONG

activity agitation ailment anxiety bustle disquiet disquietude disturbance edginess excitability ferment fitfulness fretfulness hurry inconstancy inquietude insomnia instability jitters jumpiness movement nervousness transience turbulence turmoil unease uneasiness unrest

WEAK

antsiness unsettledness worriedness

Antonyms

STRONG

calm calmness collectedness ease happiness harmony inactivity laziness order peace rest tranquility

NOUN

restlessness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agitation anxiety disquiet ferment insomnia instability jitters nervousness uneasiness

STRONG

activity ailment bustle disquietude disturbance edginess excitability fitfulness fretfulness hurry inconstancy inquietude jumpiness movement restiveness transience turbulence turmoil unrest

WEAK

antsiness unsettledness worriedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm calmness collectedness ease happiness peace

STRONG

harmony inactivity laziness order rest tranquility

WEAK

contentedness relaxation restfulness

NOUN

unease

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agitation anxiety disquiet edginess ferment instability jitters nervousness turbulence turmoil uneasiness unrest

STRONG

activity ailment bustle disquietude disturbance excitability fitfulness fretfulness hurry inconstancy inquietude insomnia jumpiness movement restiveness transience

WEAK

antsiness unsettledness worriedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm calmness collectedness ease happiness harmony peace tranquility

STRONG

inactivity laziness

Example Sentences

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Ants that consume a sugary treat mixed with caffeine become noticeably better at finding their way back to it.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Ants even feed the beetles mouth-to-mouth, and the beetles munch on their adopted colony’s eggs and larvae.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

At Pomona College, he was bitten by the acting bug - and a role in Bernard Shaw's Ants and Men convinced him he had found his calling.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

Ants collected on the plant’s exterior showed more of this activity.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2023

Ants trafficked in and out of the eggplants.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

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