restless

adj

1. moving, moving about, on the move, on the go, in motion; changeable, changing, astatic, unstable, unsettled, at loose ends; migrant, migrating, migratory, nomadic, wandering, rambling, roving, roaming, Sl. rolling, traveling, itinerant, peripatetic.

2. restive, uneasy, ill at ease, unquiet, nervous, fretful; discontent, discontented, dissatisfied, unsatisfied, unhappy, Pathol. dysphoric; impatient, fidgety, itchy, itching, Sl. antsy; jumpy, jittery, edgy, on edge, Inf. on pins and needles, on tenterhooks; on a tightrope, on a cliff edge, waiting for the other shoe to drop, waiting for the bomb to go off, waiting for the ax to fall; apprehensive, alarmed, anxious, with one's heart in one's mouth, fearful; skittish, shy, timid, timorous, tremulous, trembling, shaking, shaky.

3. excitable, perturbable, agitable, Sl. flappable; high-strung, tense, strained, Sl. uptight, keyed up; excited, Inf. hyper, worked up, wrought up, Sl. in a sweat; agitated, disturbed, upset, perturbed, distressed, troubled, worried, concerned, disquieted, Archaic. disquiet; bothered, flustered, ruffled, rattled, shaken, shook up.

4. sleepless, wakeful, insomnious, unrestful, without rest or sleep.