EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR ANTSY
"Tell the truth, I'm sort of antsy to get back," Joe Kivelson said.
Give the suits something to occupy themselves with—otherwise they get antsy and stir up trouble.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR ANTSY
jumpy
adjectivenervousmore eager
adjectiveanxious, enthusiastic- acquisitive
- agog
- ambitious
- antsy
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- champing at the bit
- covetous
- craving
- desiring
- desirous
- dying to
- earnest
- fervent
- fervid
- greedy
- gung ho
- hankering
- heated
- hot
- hot to trot
- hungry
- impatient
- intent
- keen
- longing
- pining
- rarin' to go
- ready and willing
- restive
- restless
- self-starting
- solicitous
- thirsty
- vehement
- voracious
- warmblooded
- wild
- wishful
- yearning
- zealous
restless
adjectivenot content; moving about- active
- agitated
- antsy
- anxious
- bundle of nerves
- bustling
- changeable
- disturbed
- edgy
- fidgeting
- fidgety
- fitful
- footloose
- fretful
- hurried
- ill at ease
- inconstant
- intermittent
- irresolute
- itchy
- jumpy
- nervous
- nomadic
- on edge
- perturbed
- restive
- roving
- sleepless
- spasmodic
- strung out
- tossing and turning
- transient
- troubled
- turbulent
- uneasy
- unpeaceful
- unquiet
- unrestful
- unruly
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- wandering
- worried
sleepless
adjectiveinsomniac, restlessstir-crazy
adjectiveuneasy from confinementthirsting
adjectiveeager- acquisitive
- agog
- ambitious
- antsy
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- bursting
- champing at the bit
- covetous
- craving
- desiring
- desirous
- dying to
- earnest
- fervent
- fervid
- greedy
- gung ho
- hankering
- heated
- hot
- hot to trot
- hungry
- impatient
- intent
- keen
- longing
- pining
- rarin' to go
- ready and willing
- restive
- restless
- self-starting
- solicitous
- thirsty
- vehement
- voracious
- warmblooded
- wild
- wishful
- yearning
- zealous
unforbearing
adjectiveimpatient- abrupt
- agog
- antsy
- anxious
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- brusque
- chafing
- choleric
- curt
- demanding
- dying to
- eager
- edgy
- feverish
- fretful
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hot under collar
- hot-tempered
- impetuous
- indignant
- intolerant
- irascible
- irritable
- itchy
- keen
- on pins and needles
- quick-tempered
- racing one's motor
- restless
- ripe
- snappy
- straining
- sudden
- testy
- thirsty
- unindulgent
- vehement
- violent
unquiet
adjectiverestless- active
- agitated
- antsy
- anxious
- bundle of nerves
- bustling
- changeable
- disturbed
- edgy
- fidgeting
- fidgety
- fitful
- footloose
- fretful
- hurried
- ill at ease
- inconstant
- intermittent
- irresolute
- itchy
- jumpy
- nervous
- nomadic
- on edge
- perturbed
- restive
- roving
- sleepless
- spasmodic
- strung out
- tossing and turning
- transient
- troubled
- turbulent
- uneasy
- unpeaceful
- unrestful
- unruly
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- wandering
- worried
unsettled
adjectivebothered, upset- active
- agitated
- antsy
- anxious
- busy
- changeable
- changeful
- changing
- complex
- complicated
- confused
- disorderly
- disturbed
- explosive
- fidgety
- fluid
- flustered
- inconstant
- insecure
- kinetic
- mobile
- mutable
- on edge
- perilous
- perturbed
- precarious
- rattled
- restive
- restless
- shaken
- shaky
- shifting
- shook up
- tense
- thrown
- ticklish
- troubled
- unbalanced
- uncertain
- uneasy
- unnerved
- unpeaceful
- unpredictable
- unquiet
- unrestful
- unstable
- unsteady
- variable
- wavering
- wobbling
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