noun
1. the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active (Freq. 1)
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the restlessness of the wind
• Derivationally related forms: ↑restless
• Hypernyms: ↑mobility
2. inability to rest or relax or be still
• Syn: ↑uneasiness, ↑queasiness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑queasy (for: ↑queasiness), ↑uneasy (for: ↑uneasiness), ↑restless
• Hypernyms: ↑nervousness
• Hyponyms: ↑jactitation, ↑jactation
3. a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
• Syn: ↑impatience
• Derivationally related forms: ↑impatient (for: ↑impatience)
• Hypernyms: ↑irritation, ↑annoyance, ↑vexation, ↑botheration
4. a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
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he's got the fidgets
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waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness
• Syn: ↑fidget, ↑fidgetiness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fidget (for: ↑fidget), ↑fidgety (for: ↑fidget), ↑fidgety (for: ↑fidgetiness)
• Hypernyms: ↑agitation
• Hyponyms: ↑impatience
Useful english dictionary. 2012.