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hyperactive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of hyperactive

1 being in a state of increased activity or agitation

the skyrocketing price of oil resulted in a wildly fluctuating, hyperactive stock market

Synonyms of hyperactive

agitated, excited, feverish, frenzied, heated, hectic, overactive, overwrought

Words Related to hyperactive

hyperexcited, overexcited

afire, aflutter, aquiver, atingle

anxious, dithery, edgy, het up, high-strung, hyped-up, hyper, jittery, jumpy, nervy, nervous, perturbed, tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, wired

Phrases Synonymous with hyperactive

in a lather, keyed up

Near Antonyms of hyperactive

calm, collected, composed, cool, coolheaded, placid, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled, unworried

2 easily excited by nature

hyperactive children who are in dire need of a guardian with a firm hand

Synonyms of hyperactive

excitable, fiddle-footed, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, hyper, hyperexcitable, hyperkinetic, jittery, jumpy, nervous, skittery, skittish, spasmodic, spooky

Words Related to hyperactive

hot-blooded, mercurial, temperamental, unstable, volatile, volcanic

anxious, edgy, flibbertigibbety, nervy, tense, uptight

emotional, emotionalistic, hypersensitive, intense, sensitive, soulful

dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic

irascible, irritable, perturbable, prickly, testy, touchy

Near Antonyms of hyperactive

calm, collected, cool, serene, tranquil

easy, easygoing, laid-back, relaxed

Antonyms of hyperactive

imperturbable, nerveless, unexcitable, unflappable, unshakable

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