All restive synonyms
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R r adjective restive
- agitable — easily agitated or moved
- overanxious — excessively anxious.
- noncompliant — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- wrecker — a person or thing that wrecks.
- wrongheaded — wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
- warmblooded — Alternative spelling of warm-blooded.
- wakeful — unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful.
- alarmable — able or prone to be alarmed or disturbed
- wayward — turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient: a wayward son; wayward behavior.
- obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- opinionative — of, relating to, or of the nature of opinion.
- contrariant — Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; contradictory.
adj restive
- anti — You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- nervous — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- appetent — having an eager longing or desire
- edgy — nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- hyper — overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- fidgety — restless; impatient; uneasy.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- fitful — coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly.
- impetuous — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- locked in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- herky-jerky — progressing in a fitfully jerky or irregular manner: a herky-jerky home movie shown on an old projector.
- dissentient — dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.
- bundle of nerves — a very nervous person
- eager — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- anarchistic — An anarchistic person believes in anarchism. Anarchistic activity or literature promotes anarchism.
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- leftist — a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
- fluttery — fluttering; apt to flutter.
- anti-thetical — of the nature of or involving antithesis.
- indocile — not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.