Synonyms of antsy

antsy

adjective

ˈant-sē 

1

as in worried

feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty

he was feeling understandably antsy about the tax audit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worried
• anxious
• nervous
• upset
• uneasy
• apprehensive
• troubled
• uptight
• concerned
• perturbed
• jittery
• tense
• jumpy
• hesitant
• bothered
• flustered
• ill at ease
• queasy
• disturbed
• insecure
• restless
• on tenterhooks
• goosey
• queazy
• on pins and needles
• on edge
• obsessed
• freaked
• nervy
• preoccupied
• edgy
• unquiet
• distraught
• dithery
• hinky
• het up
• atwitter
• aggrieved
• distressed
• aflutter
• fretful
• disquieted
• keyed up
• vexed
• fidgety
• hung up
• foreboding
• shook-up
• fretting
• freaked-out
• unnerved
• high-strung
• unstrung
• misgiving
• fluttery
• stewing
• qualmish
• skittish
• undone
• spooky
• flighty
• qualmy
• twittered
• hypertense

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• easy
• calm
• relaxed
• collected
• cool
• sure
• nerveless
• confident
• happy-go-lucky
• controlled
• self-assured
• self-confident
• self-controlled

2

as in fidgety

making jerky or restless movements

after a few minutes in the formal restaurant, the kids got antsy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fidgety
• worried
• twitchy
• anxious
• upset
• squirmy
• nervous
• wiggly
• shaking
• shivering
• quivering
• troubled
• wriggly
• fluttery
• tense
• uptight
• trembling
• perturbed
• jittery
• shivery
• jumpy
• uneasy
• twittery
• quaking
• restive
• aflutter
• nervy
• shuddering
• edgy
• unquiet
• dithery
• het up
• hung up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• still
• easy
• motionless
• collected
• calm
• cool
• relaxed

3

as in excited

showing urgent desire or interest

she's been antsy to start what promises to be an exciting new job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excited
• avid
• anxious
• eager
• enthusiastic
• hungry
• impatient
• keen
• ardent
• pumped
• thirsty
• happy
• desirous
• interested
• greedy
• voracious
• solicitous
• ready
• nuts
• geeked
• stoked
• crazy
• enthused
• agog
• juiced
• raring
• hopped-up
• willing
• great
• wild
• gung ho
• hot
• champing at the bit
• chomping at the bit
• athirst
• engaged
• hepped up
• obsessed
• restless
• longing
• glad
• ambitious
• restive
• covetous
• breathless
• craving
• hankering
• pining
• inclined
• game
• amenable
• hung up
• disposed
• appetent
• unreluctant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• apathetic
• unenthusiastic
• uninterested
• casual
• unconcerned
• nonchalant
• disinterested
• aloof
• detached
• incurious
• insouciant
• reluctant
• hesitant
• unwilling
• uneager
• stolid
• impassive
• lackadaisical
• lukewarm
• languid
• halfhearted
• languorous
• averse
• loath
• spiritless
• disinclined
• loth
• loathe

Examples of antsy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Big Tech still has relatively little to show for all their billions spent in terms of significant revenue gains from AI or profitable new products, and investors are starting to get antsy. —Clare Duffy, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024

Rightfully, the tone in my mentions on social media and in my emails has been somewhere between antsy and full-on annoyed with the Lakers’ front office for inaction. —Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024

Not making the playoffs for three years has fans antsy. —Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024

For those who are antsy about getting their hands on a bottle, the right to purchase a bottle can be bought for $2.50. —Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 3 July 2024