Synonyms of restlessness

restlessness

noun

1

as in turmoil

a disturbed or uneasy state

the restlessness of the crowd was apparent as it waited to learn whether the football player was seriously injured

Synonyms & Similar Words

• turmoil
• unrest
• excitement
• anxiety
• uneasiness
• tension
• confusion
• unease
• disquiet
• turbulence
• upheaval
• restiveness
• agitation
• fermentation
• ferment
• chaos
• trouble
• disruption
• commotion
• unquietness
• storm
• Sturm und Drang
• anarchy
• stir
• perturbation
• disquietude
• tumult
• unsettlement
• disorder
• hubbub
• tumultuousness
• fidgets
• uproar
• inquietude
• queasiness
• moil
• welter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ease
• peace
• tranquility
• calm
• quiet
• peacefulness
• order
• orderliness

2

as in boredom

the state of being bored

she began to pick at the grass near her hammock out of sheer restlessness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boredom
• ennui
• weariness
• tedium
• melancholy
• listlessness
• blahs
• lethargy
• doldrums
• dullness
• indifference
• lifelessness
• monotony
• languor
• joylessness
• lassitude
• torpidity
• cheerlessness
• languidness
• torpor
• apathy
• unconcern
• sameness
• dispiritedness
• monotonousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fascination
• absorption
• involvement
• excitement
• enchantment
• stimulation
• engagement
• immersion
• engrossment
• captivation
• bewitchment
• animation
• amusement
• beguilement
• relief
• entertainment
• invigoration
• enlivenment
• diversion

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of restlessness

For movement issues, a mattress with better motion isolation can make a partner’s restlessness far less noticeable. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Symptoms Symptoms can include sleeplessness, extreme worry about the baby or childbirth, restlessness and a racing heartbeat. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Shares in Lionsgate extended their losses Wednesday after an activist investor expressed restlessness with the company’s stance on AI. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026

This could, in turn, trigger feelings of restlessness and irritability, not to mention the lack of clarity brought on by the moon transiting this Water sign. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026

Standing on opposite sides of the protests, the pair fall for each other despite the divide, recognizing in one another a restlessness neither can quite name. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026

Awash in restlessness, Sugar thinks of Chuy’s mother, Sandra, someone who could identify other players in the Fire Sale operation. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Generalized anxiety may manifest itself in depression, compulsion or restlessness. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

But Field, whose perpetual restlessness had driven his climb to business success, wasn’t suited to sit on the sidelines. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026