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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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