What are the antonyms for RESTIVE?
- amiable, tranquil, peaceful, unlax, passive, laid-back, respectful, deferential, slow down, manageable, governable, yielding, unwind, subservient, obedient, quiet, orderly, mannerly, gentle, decompress, unstrain, loosen up, lax, well-bred, ruly, slavish, Trainable, relax, servile, decorous, disciplined, unbend, easy-going, agreeable, easy, make relaxed, cooperative, relaxing, calm, controllable, polite, kowtowing, restful, obsequious, proper, courteous, relaxed, collected, obliging, patient, peaceable.
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Synonyms for RESTIVE
- ungratified,
- concern,
- queasy,
- jumpy,
- beefing,
- stubborn,
- tension,
- fuss,
- remiss,
- loath,
- tremble,
- slow,
- muttering,
- disconcerted,
- disappointed,
- cad,
- dread,
- awkwardly,
- insubordinate,
- knave,
- cantankerous,
- nervous,
- care,
- Insuppressible,
- radical,
- Griping,
- keyed up,
- champ the bit,
- perturbed,
- slow to,
- paradoxical,
- diffident,
- unwilling,
- self-willed,
- froward,
- bold,
- Agitable,
- strung out,
- contumacious,
- cussed,
- Humorsome,
- upset,
- pertinacious,
- emotional,
- recusant,
- mutiny,
- butterfly,
- Ultraist,
- set,
- awake,
- distracted,
- on the defensive,
- unaccepting,
- uneasy,
- out of humor,
- unenthusiastic,
- stiff-necked,
- uninspired,
- grim,
- unhappy,
- Thirsting,
- disgruntled,
- in suspense,
- preoccupied,
- deaf to,
- defiant,
- apathetic,
- ornery,
- recalcitrant,
- overanxious,
- overstrung,
- skittish,
- awkward,
- rise in arms,
- discontented,
- crabby,
- faultfinding,
- troubled,
- rascal,
- intolerant,
- non-compliant,
- impatient,
- bundle of nerves,
- head-strong,
- roiled,
- world-weary,
- sullen,
- unzealous,
- agitated,
- balking,
- perverse,
- all wound up,
- turbulent,
- unregenerate,
- uncooperative,
- hopped-up,
- het up,
- bigoted,
- concerned,
- unmoldable,
- obstinate,
- freethinking,
- fret,
- anti,
- shudder,
- excited,
- rebel,
- rise,
- hung up,
- squirming,
- pit,
- Resty,
- fitful,
- out of hand,
- unsatisfied,
- demented,
- flap,
- brash,
- willful,
- listless,
- warmblooded,
- cow,
- unquiet,
- resist,
- ruffled,
- complaining,
- snappish,
- edgy,
- breathless,
- disturbed,
- involuntary,
- unrestful,
- in turmoil,
- rusty,
- Breachy,
- apprehensive,
- bated,
- Renitent,
- on-again-off-again,
- dissentient,
- balky,
- lawless,
- bored,
- sensitive,
- scamp,
- mind,
- rebellious,
- Incompliant,
- refuse,
- noncompliant,
- cat,
- sulky,
- on edge,
- athirst,
- strain,
- malcontent,
- murmuring,
- harassed,
- irascible,
- unconsenting,
- wrecker,
- bulldogged,
- unsettled,
- leftist,
- grouchy,
- on the qui vive,
- pigheaded,
- peevish,
- heart,
- indocile,
- Qualmish,
- averse,
- querulous,
- intractable,
- crabbed,
- white knuckled,
- high-strung,
- Alarmable,
- frightened,
- highly strung,
- uptight,
- pin,
- in a lather,
- disobedient,
- screwed up,
- in a stew,
- haunted,
- fastidious,
- tense,
- antsy-pantsy,
- Complaintful,
- uncontrollable,
- tenacious,
- mutinous,
- touchy,
- reluctant,
- shrewish,
- shaky,
- secede,
- querulant,
- hunted,
- dissatisfied,
- worried,
- ungoverned,
- nervous wreck,
- oldfashioned,
- cling,
- concernedly,
- riotous,
- chafing,
- opinionated,
- imp,
- antsy,
- shrinking,
- scoundrel,
- resistant,
- fraught,
- rough,
- Stickling,
- hot-blooded,
- jack,
- waking,
- prey,
- bellyaching,
- unsleeping,
- brooding,
- case-hardened,
- in a sweat,
- grudging,
- unmalleable,
- stressed (out),
- bothered,
- cheeky,
- huffy,
- resentful,
- locked in,
- Crabbing,
- bits and pieces,
- unbiddable,
- spastic,
- worrier,
- Declinatory,
- wild,
- fear,
- cranky,
- aflutter,
- nervy,
- uncomplying,
- villain,
- agitate,
- excitable,
- hyper,
- unnerved,
- squirmy,
- in a tizzy,
- Sinistrous,
- up the wall,
- anarchistic,
- wound up,
- Crossgrained,
- scallywag,
- insomniac,
- hasty,
- hot to trot,
- fractious,
- Contrariant,
- restive,
- tear 1,
- intimidated,
- scrupulous,
- ungovernable,
- rarin' to go,
- dying to,
- shy of,
- worrywart,
- bulletheaded,
- grumbling,
- slack,
- irrepressible,
- changeful,
- volative,
- cross-grained,
- opinionative,
- a bundle of nerves,
- alarmed,
- anguished,
- Demurring,
- irritable,
- ill at ease,
- frantic,
- squeamish,
- dilatory,
- incorrigible,
- displeased,
- adverse,
- unpeaceful,
- perfunctory,
- hyped up,
- fidgety,
- all nerves,
- dislike,
- indomitable,
- strained,
- laggard,
- unaccommodating,
- wakeful,
- faltering,
- petulant,
- unmanageable,
- overzealous,
- out of line,
- bundle,
- testy,
- seditions,
- edge,
- up set,
- dead set on,
- on pins and needles,
- rapscallion,
- repugnant,
- Malcontented,
- twitchy,
- hesitating,
- -racked,
- fanatic,
- indisposed,
- monkey,
- worked up,
- restless,
- quick-tempered,
- Boggling,
- Unpatient,
- kitten,
- heady,
- fanatical,
- backward,
- grousing,
- panicky,
- say,
- palpitant,
- fluttery,
- rocky,
- crook,
- loth,
- harry,
- gun,
- uncomfortable,
- headstrong,
- dogmatic,
- pettish,
- dogged,
- wrongheaded,
- nervously,
- bullheaded,
- wired up,
- oppressed,
- jolting,
- tighten,
- fed up,
- Refusing,
- whiny,
- disinclined,
- eager,
- contrary,
- envious,
- persevering,
- rattled,
- Restiff,
- varlet,
- uncompliant,
- swindler,
- Clingy,
- Exceptious,
- fretful,
- hesitant,
- riled,
- refractory,
- beyond control,
- shot to pieces,
- blase,
- ill,
- hot,
- over-anxious,
- strong-minded,
- strike,
- insurgent,
- unfulfilled,
- untamable,
- prickly,
- over-wrought,
- cross,
- rest,
- stressy,
- impostor,
- strung up,
- growling,
- disquieted,
- hardheaded,
- frantically,
- stress,
- herky-jerky,
- old fashioned,
- fickle,
- wayward,
- non-conformist,
- anxious,
- mercurial,
- flustered,
- unruly,
- worry,
- overwrought,
- frayed,
- impatient of control,
- obstreperous,
- Resisting,
- sweat,
- lose,
- paranoid,
- feverish,
- indifferent,
- itchy,
- Fretting,
- stress puppy,
- Pervicacious,
- opposed,
- on tenterhooks,
- mulish,
- page,
- tenterhooks,
- impetuous,
- jittery,
- changeable,
- fussy,
- tossing and turning,
- unyielding,
- stressful,
- hysterical,
- Hard-headed,
- unsubmissive,
- volatile,
- rogue,
- agog,
- strong-willed,
- strongheaded,
- croaking,
- bitching,
- sleepless.
Usage Examples for RESTIVE
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" Listen," said Pierre, " your horse grows restive. - "Riders of the Silences" by Max Brand
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One morning when the rain streamed down unceasingly and Colin was beginning to feel a little restive, as he was obliged to remain on his sofa because it was not safe to get up and walk about, Mary had an inspiration. - "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett
