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restless

[rest-lis] / ˈrɛst lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
not content; moving about
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agitated anxious disturbed edgy fidgety itchy nervous restive sleepless troubled uneasy unruly unsettled
WEAK
active antsy bundle of nerves bustling changeable fidgeting fitful footloose fretful hurried ill at ease inconstant intermittent irresolute jumpy nomadic on edge perturbed roving spasmodic strung-out tossing and turning transient turbulent unpeaceful unquiet unrestful unstable unsteady wandering worried
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calm collected composed content cool easygoing laid-back peaceful quiet relaxed settled unworried

Example Sentences

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"Imagine, without sleep, my child was restless all night," Quinones said.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer's party is still restless, and underneath the overwhelming scale of the crisis in the Middle East, politics continues to fray.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Wildly digressive, buzzing with literary allusions and telling its story as a 20th-century Shakespearean tragedy, the book has some of the mad, restless energy of Sellers himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

But today Iran’s proxies are weakened, its economy is fragile, its population is restless and its leadership is superannuated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

“A restless night is no way to begin a journey.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.