restlessness

1. 1.

   the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active

   “the restlessness of the wind”

   Broadermobility
2. 2.

   a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

   Synonymsimpatience

   Broaderirritation
3. 3.

   a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion

   “he's got the fidgets”

   “waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness”

   Synonymsfidgetfidgetiness

   Broaderagitation

   Narrowerimpatience
4. 4.

   inability to rest or relax or be still

   Synonymsuneasinessqueasiness

   Broadernervousness

   Narrowerjactitation

Other forms of restlessness

plural

restlessnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about restlessness

What does restlessness mean?

restlessness means "the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in restlessness?

restlessness has 3 syllables: rest-les-sness. The stress falls on "rest". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛstləsnəs/.

What is another word for restlessness?

Close synonyms include impatience, fidget, fidgetiness, uneasiness, queasiness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is restlessness a common word?

restlessness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.