Dictionary Definition
restive adj
1 being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung,
highly
strung, in
suspense(p), jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, uptight]
2 impatient especially under restriction or
delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and
manufacturers are growing restive"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
restiveAdverb
restively- acting in a restive manner
Noun
restiveness- the state of being restive
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
antsy,
antsy-pantsy, anxious,
apathetic, backward, balking, balky, beefing, bellyaching, beyond control,
bigoted, bitching, breachy, breathless, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened,
chafing, complaining, complaintful, contumacious, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, cross-grained,
defiant, dilatory, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, dogged, dogmatic, eager, edgy, envious, excited, fanatic, faultfinding, fidgety, fluttery, fractious, fretful, fretting, froward, fussy, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grudging, grumbling, hardheaded, hasty, headstrong, hopped-up,
impatient, impatient
of control, impetuous,
in a lather, in a stew, in a sweat, incorrigible, indifferent, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, intolerant, intractable, irrepressible, laggard, loath, malcontent, malcontented, mulish, murmuring, muttering, nervy, obstinate, obstreperous, on edge,
opinionated,
ornery, out of hand, out
of humor, overzealous, peevish, perfunctory, persevering, pertinacious, perverse, petulant, pigheaded, querulant, querulous, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, resentful, resistant, resisting, restless, self-willed, set, shrewish, slow, slow to, squirming, squirmy, stiff-necked,
strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn, sulky, sullen, tenacious, tense, unaccepting, unaccommodating,
unbiddable, uncontrollable, uncooperative, uneasy, unenthusiastic, unfulfilled, ungovernable, ungratified, unhappy, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unpatient, unquiet, unregenerate, unrestful, unruly, unsatisfied, unsettled, unsubmissive, unzealous, uptight, wayward, whiny, wild, willful, wrongheaded