restless

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. nervous, restive, impatient; fidgety, skittish, jumpy, unquiet, disturbed. See agitation, changeableness, fear.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Not content when still]

Syn. fidgety, skittish, feverish, sleepless, fitful, disturbed, jumpy, nervous, unquiet, uneasy, unsettled, flurried, restive, impatient, agitated, fretful, flustered, twitching, trembling, tremulous, rattled, jittery*, antsy*; see also active 2 , excited .

Ant. quiet*, relaxed, calm.

2. [Not content with conditions]

Syn. disturbed, uneasy, disquieted, anxious, up in arms, discontented, vexed, excited, agitated, angry, disaffected, malcontented, estranged, alienated, resentful, refractory, recalcitrant, fractious, insubordinate, contumacious, perverse; see also rebellious 2 , 3 .

Ant. calm*, content, satisfied.

3. [Not content with a settled life]

Syn. roving, transient, wandering, discontented, unsettled, roaming, nomadic, footloose, peripatetic, itinerant, moving, straying, ranging, rambling, gadding, gallivanting, meandering, traipsing; see also rambling 1 .

Ant. settled, fixed, immovable.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

troubled, disturbed, uneasy, stressed, *wired, unsettled, edgy, restive, fidgety, ill at ease, *uptight, anxious, agitated, uncomfortable, *ants in the pants, *hyper.

ANT.: restful, quiet, content, relaxed

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Affording no quiet, repose, or rest: uneasy, unquiet, unsettled. See CALM, TIRED. 2. Feeling or exhibiting nervous tension: edgy, fidgety, jittery, jumpy, nervous, restive, skittish, tense, twitchy. Slang: uptight. Idioms: a bundle of nerves, all wound up, on edge. See TIGHTEN.